Notes
A nice test of my ability to run slow. I know I'm fit right now so that wasn't a challenge but wanted to give my race strategy a test and see if it's a good one. I think it is. I ran about 7 miles at 7 minute pace and then hopped on the track.
I was thinking that my strategy should be something relatively easy to follow. I want to set my eyes at 160 miles, which is 9:00 miles on the dot. If I run about 8:40s for 2.25 miles and then walk a lap briskly that should put me right around 22:30 for 2.5 miles. 5 miles every 45 minutes, 10/1:30 and 20/3:00 x8 and I'm at 160. I figure I'll probably go out at that pace and just hang on for dear life in the last 8 hours or so. So today I tried to run on the track at that pace and brought some food to test out my strategy. It went alright.
22:15
21:54
21:20
23:20 (Ian joined me for this and my pace slowed too much)
22:19
22:36
So not the most even, but whatever. It was pretty darn cold and I was underdressed. I think I struggled to hit pace because of this. I found it surprisingly easy to run at 8:30 pace and walk about 3:30-3:45 for the quarter. I ate 2 gus, 2 waffles, and 2 chews during the run. It was a lot but I kind of wanted to overdo it and see how my stomach would feel. Turns out it felt just fine. And I partly ran 3.5 hours because I thought I needed 25 miles to hit 90 for the week. Turns out I needed more than that, but whatever. I was surprised at how easy 25 miles feels at that pace. I know it's a lot to turn 3.5 hours into 24, but today gave me confidence. It was good to run at dusk into night also to get used to running at night.