25k early in the morning and I'm flying to L'viv Ukraine this evening to do an inspection of a school there. The goal was to go at race pace or something close to it and see what happens after three 15kms in a row.
A very interesting run. Blood sugar again not great in a.m. 281, 3u, 98 at the finish. I stopped at the halfway point for 500ml of water and a small Snickers bar.
First things first, for some reason, probably because the plan was to go after it, I was very tight for the first two miles. I did eventually relax, but more on that later. Secondly, the weather was miserable, 25-30 km winds with rain/snow coming down constantly. Sometimes wind at my back, sometimes from the side, sometimes in the front, I guess it all evens out in the end?
The final tally was 8:29 per mile. The first 1/2 was quicker because the wind was at my back. Also, the final 5k included two extremely difficult hills that I thought were going to stop me dead in my tracks. By about mile 11 I would say it was taking a lot of work to stay in it and I had the mantra "give it a little more" going for the final 4.5 miles. The first big hill was vicious and I thought I was losing time badly, I then thought about the fact this isn't the race, this is race knowledge we are working on. Same for the second.
Race knowledge? I believe that 8:30 is achievable, still don't know about 8's. I also got a good feeling today for what tired legs feel like and areas that may suffer from the hills and how that pain will come up. I also got some interesting knowledge about relaxing. Oh my! I was tight to start.
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