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Temp 48 (43) Wind 11 mph.
Distance Run of 70-85 Minutes with 2-4 Miles at Race (50K) Effort/Pace. Windy and chilly. Dressed to overheat up top, everything below the waist is what I'm planning on come Saturday.
Warm Up - Hilly 4.30 miles at 8:46 average pace.
Race Effort/Pace - About 70%-75% crushed gravel trail. Go 3.14 miles at 7:57 average pace. I've been better. Too much work to make race effort "easy". Should have come much more natural than it did. Other factors in past few hours and last couple of days weighing on performance, so not that worried about it. Anticipating running in rain, so had Glukos in baggie. Think I'll go ahead and drop the whole cylinder container in my pocket and be done with it. Will test that out on all my runs next week. Swiftwick socks a no-go. Just too thin. Will go with the Under Armour crews...they get wet and heavy, then they get wet and heavy. Got to relax my right arm while carrying hand-held!!!
Cool Down - 1.26 miles at 8:35 average pace. All said and done, this whole run averaged 0:01 faster than state record pace. But I want to win.
Nice quarter haul (5), two dimes, a nickel, and ten pennies.