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Thursday Morning Run

Race plan: Go out at max aerobic (150-155hr) for the first 50% then feel it out and hold whatever pace I have until the end (4:00-4:10min per km | 6:30-6:45 min per mile)

What happened: I actually felt great until halfway. Then the fatigue in my legs of that running pace go to me. I haven't done too much work in this area in almost 2 months so it was a shock. Luckily my aerobic system is quite robust and I didn't accumulate that much lactate. Just heavy legs.

Also had a fun mental challenge of having my very old Garmin Fenix 3HR lock up on me. It was still running but it was stuck on the time of day screen. I didn't know my HR or pace and had to dig out my phone and start it. Should have def had it as a backup from the start... will do that next time for key workouts & races. Never trust technology 

Lesson learned: I actually have a really good built in pacing clock and even though my HR was creeping up towards the middle-end, I Actually felt fine with my HR breathing test (more on that later).

Fun Fact: 5 years ago when I started this "10 half marathon, 10 years in a row to get 1% better each year" journey my time was 1 hour 31 mins. I was dead tired at the end. 10 years before that my best time was 1:35 and I passed out at the finish line and fell asleep. Now I'm able to run faster than I ran when I was younger and still "keep it easy". Quite impressive. Not the 1 hour 22 min time I wanted but I have another 5 years to get it down another 3 mins.

What's next: Tomorrow I'll be taking off in the morning and easy walk/run in the afternoon. Then another 1-2 days off then back at it. 10 days from now will be 5K number one then 20 days from now will be 5k number two!

LETS GO BABY!


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