Last month before the big race. Things have been going well and I am building to my longest run before I start to taper about 3 weeks out from the Marathon. I feel as though all is going well but I really don't know what "well" will translate to. I am doing as Coach Andy says for my running and making sure that I am sticking to my diet as well as what I will need for fuel come race day. Only one race this month as we don't want to waste too much energy before the Marathon. Just a quick 10k to work on some speed.
The Big Foot 10k as been going on in Bend for many years. Given that it is in late September you never know what the weather will be like. For us it was good, No snow. Cold as it was about 28 at the start but the sun was out and we warmed up quickly. The first mile is Downhill and then it flattens out with some smaller hills along the way and the last 3/4 of a mile are down hill with a short straight flat finish. We were looking for a PR as I had not done many 10k's in the past and it is a fast course. Didn't want to hurt myself so I had to be careful as I was nursing a tight Hamstring. After the first quick mile I slowed it down a little for mile 2 and by mile 3 I was in a groove. It wasn't a real comfortable groove as I was running 6:00 min pace in some cold weather with a tight hamstring. My quick pace let me to a PR and a 36:29 for 12th place.
Logged approx. 185 miles
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