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Temp 39 (WC 39) Winds Calm.
No-frills Long Run. Thought about going out to interstate exchange, but uncertain about condition. Ran around town for thirty minutes, felt fine, so took off. Lots of hills to keep the pace sane. Replinished energy stores lasted almost 10 miles. Was targeting 10-12 miles today, so headed straight home. Hip / toe cramps. Post-race soreness. Overall thumbs up.
New Years Day is still a target race for a PR. Only difference is bar got moved big time. Quick training assessment says I have a quality effort from 12/6 that I probably only got partial physical effect from yesterday. Count yesterday as a quaility effort, and I can probably get three more in that will have time to soak in. Will put in back-to-back 50 mile weeks. Thinking about a 5 mile Tempo Effort on 12/16, Long Run with 3 miles uptempo on 12/20, and mile repeats on 12/24.
As for the race, A-Wad been going out around 5:50ish. He then progresses 5-10 seconds per mile. I'm thinking I'm going to take a shot at getting as deep into the second mile as possible keeping him close. Flat fast course will be bearable when HR maxes out mid-race. Cross fingers and hope not to slow down too much. Will think about it.