<p>/yawn</p>
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<p>Rehi, everyone</p>
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<p><strong>Bob</strong> - Good race, even without the hardware!</p>
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<p><strong>RIL</strong> - woohoo girlfriend! Atta way to attack it!</p>
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<p>Me: Meh! Good news is that even with the lingering crud, today was my 2nd best time on a hm. Even better (sorta) news is that my first 6 miles were literally my best 10k pace. You can guess how that translates into the bad news - major crash and burn in the latter miles. Not because of cardio fatigue, but my upper (way upper - almost to the hip) quads and upper hamstrings were very unhappy. I'm guessing with the faster pace, I'm lengthening my stride without really thinking about it, and in doing so, those muscle sections not normally worked are put into overdrive. </p>
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<p>I'm guessing that leaves me with three options: (1) learn how to fracking pace myself decently to run a more even pace for the duration (2) find some exercise specific to building those muscle sections up, or (2) /sigh. Start incorporating speedwork into training. Any tips on the 2nd or 3rd would be welcomed!</p>
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<p>Oh.. and as far as getting up THAT early? It's a combination of a few things. I like to be early, but I had never been to this event before. It was at least an hour away, and I have a very small frame of time where I can actually see to drive clearly in the dark (via use of Rx eyedrops). So.. less traffic = a safer drive for me. I figured I could snooze in my car if need be once I got there.</p>
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<p>Rehi, everyone</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Bob</strong> - Good race, even without the hardware!</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>RIL</strong> - woohoo girlfriend! Atta way to attack it!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Me: Meh! Good news is that even with the lingering crud, today was my 2nd best time on a hm. Even better (sorta) news is that my first 6 miles were literally my best 10k pace. You can guess how that translates into the bad news - major crash and burn in the latter miles. Not because of cardio fatigue, but my upper (way upper - almost to the hip) quads and upper hamstrings were very unhappy. I'm guessing with the faster pace, I'm lengthening my stride without really thinking about it, and in doing so, those muscle sections not normally worked are put into overdrive. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I'm guessing that leaves me with three options: (1) learn how to fracking pace myself decently to run a more even pace for the duration (2) find some exercise specific to building those muscle sections up, or (2) /sigh. Start incorporating speedwork into training. Any tips on the 2nd or 3rd would be welcomed!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Oh.. and as far as getting up THAT early? It's a combination of a few things. I like to be early, but I had never been to this event before. It was at least an hour away, and I have a very small frame of time where I can actually see to drive clearly in the dark (via use of Rx eyedrops). So.. less traffic = a safer drive for me. I figured I could snooze in my car if need be once I got there.</p>
