This was a good Dailies thread today, sorry I'm coming in so late. It was one of those days where I was in a race against the clock all day long. Got up early to drive to the Bay Area for a dental appointment, and just made it in time. Finished that up, and then ran some more errands, which mean by 2 I was sitting in horrible traffic getting over the one lane road to the ocean. Got to my house at 3 p.m., dashed inside to put on my running gear, and then dashed out to go to the coast trail for 16 miles w/ 12 at GMP. Didn't have time for lunch (unless you count Gu). It was 80 degrees, which explains all the heavy traffic as it's almost never this warm along the Nor Cal. coast. Did 4 miles of warm-up, followed by 11 at GM. I then kind of crashed and burned and converted the last mile into GMP+10% and called it a cool-down. Ate a bag of potato chips, showered and just got caught up on the Dailies. Good luck Zel on Sunday!!!!!!!!!
This was a good Dailies thread today, sorry I'm coming in so late. It was one of those days where I was in a race against the clock all day long. Got up early to drive to the Bay Area for a dental appointment, and just made it in time. Finished that up, and then ran some more errands, which mean by 2 I was sitting in horrible traffic getting over the one lane road to the ocean.
Got to my house at 3 p.m., dashed inside to put on my running gear, and then dashed out to go to the coast trail for 16 miles w/ 12 at GMP. Didn't have time for lunch (unless you count Gu). It was 80 degrees, which explains all the heavy traffic as it's almost never this warm along the Nor Cal. coast. Did 4 miles of warm-up, followed by 11 at GM. I then kind of crashed and burned and converted the last mile into GMP+10% and called it a cool-down. Ate a bag of potato chips, showered and just got caught up on the Dailies.
Good luck Zel on Sunday!!!!!!!!!
You did great!
She sure did!
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Thanks guys. I felt pretty bedraggled out there by the end -- it was definitely one of the tougher training runs I've done.
Life is good.
Running long after a hectic day is tough. You got it done and it's a victory. Remember how you persevered today next time you encounter a rough moment in a race.
Thanks, guys!
OOTB- Nice run! And farther than I've gone so far at GMP.
The pacers' booth had pace bands there adjusted for the course itself. That is really handy. I picked up the 4:05 band, which was already what I'd decided on, but felt even better about that decision after looking at the course-adjusted splits on the 4:00 and 4:10 bands. And the college I went to had a booth there for some reason, and gave me a tech shirt. They still don't have the tracking information up, but for what it's worth, I'm bib #3141. I might need to imagine some virtual mojo every time I go over a mat.