4:45am - Wake up
Breakfast - half bagel with almond butter, half banana, Water, Gu Chomps, 5-hour energy
Drove to elementary school and registered
6:00am - Warm up
- Form running/flexibility/joint limbering
- easy jog until sweat (approx. 1.5mi)
- fast 1200m at threshold
- easy jog with fast twitch movements (butt kicks, high knees, kangaroo jumps)
6:45am - Change into race uni and flats
- fast strides with descending length and increasing speed
- final prep
Weather: 54 degrees and raining (perfect running weather)
Clothes: Black Brooks shorts, Endurance House Tri singlet, Brooks T7 Flats, Hat
7:00am - Half Marathon Start
7:10am - 5k start
Race Report: Started controlled in the first 400m. Let the legs loose and controlled my breathing and pace. Let the rabbits head out to the early lead then reeled them in rather quickly. It became a four man race at the outset. There was one dude, Rawson Miller, who was clearly going to take the race and he did. He extended his lead early. 2nd and 3rd were bunched, then I was camped out in 4th for most of the race. We took the first mile out controlled but brisk at about a 5:25. The two in front of me had about a 200m lead. The 2nd place guy then broke away from 3rd and that's when I had to start to make the move. I went through the 2 mile at just under 11:00mins and was feeling pretty good. Slight tightness in the core but the legs and lungs felt good (I'll need to shore up the core). At that point I began my move to bear down in the 3rd place guy. I could sense I woudl gather him in before the end. I just need to be smart about it so I didn't gas myself and breakout too early. I was coming up on him and camped out at his back should for about 100m until about a half mile to go. Then I kicked, passed him with authority leaving no questions, extended the stride and let loose. He was just a kid, but taking it too him still felt good. I tried for the 2nd place guy but didn't leave myself enough time to reel him in. He beat me by 11 seconds (He was wearing a UFC t-shirt which is embarrassing that I lost to him.. next time). 1st place beat me by just over a minute. I was happy with my strategy and race overall. Ran my second fastest time with not my best compliment of training under my best. For my fitness level right now, I am very happy with teh result. There is definite room for lowering that time. I want to get under that 16:30 mark by the end of summer. Felt good at the end. Did four cool down miles, stretched and warmed down.
After Race Meal: Pancake, Sausage, banana, water.
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