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Training pace difficulty- end of 14th week Mon Aug 2-8 (Read 76 times)

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finnegan begin again

posted: 8/7/2010 at 11:06 AM
modified: 8/7/2010 at 7:30 PM

I have looked at training plans from Hal Higdon and others. I settled on the July Runners World 4 hour plan. Like most people I have to make some switches and adjustments for work/life. The hardest part for me has been to slow my paces. Today I really wanted to be around 9:30 pace. The program suggests 10:04. It didn't happen. Too quick.

How do I hold back? I don't want to stay on a treadmill to accomplish my pace goal. Today it was even more difficult. Beautiful weather and many runners around the course. I'll work on it.

Modified to correct week # to 14 from 13 to go

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posted: 8/8/2010 at 12:21 PM

That's pretty common, for me as well, it's hard to keep my training pace slow enough sometimes, especially when I'm feeling good. Really, if you're feeling good and it doesn't wear you down toward the end, I feel like you're OK with the faster pace.

I'm looking at around 4 hours too. See ya!

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