I am in the middle of my Ice Age training and it has been good. I get pretty tired by the middle of the week and Monday is s-s-s-slow. I went out to the course this past weekend and ran without stopping the watch for pit stops to get a feel for time checks. 12 to Duffin in Young (6.9) in 59:40 and back to 12 in 55:20. 12 to Dew Dip in 37 and back in 37. 3:09 total for 22.5 miles (8:24) and I felt reasonably well.
I'll continue to get out there and take time checks. If you haven't tried this it is a great way to gauge how your doing. It helps in taking away the how far to go trap. I just concentrate on getting the groove on. It's hard to set sail in the winding areas. I might be better off going by feel than trying to exert more effort than needed in these sections because you have to break and turn a lot. It is advantageous to train on the course and continue to learn how to run it. Thinking of a 32 miler there myself Saturday...probably in the meat of the course.
The past two weeks:
3/12 AM 10.4
3/13 AM 15.3
3/14 AM 6.3
3/14 PM 6.8 trails
3/15 AM 6.4
3/16 AM 6.1
3/17 AM 26.8 w/ Bro. Grub - 4 Black loops (3:55:xx) running time only
3/18 AM 7.0 trails
Total 85.1
3/19 AM 6.3
3/20 AM 6.1
3/20 PM 7.2 w/ 5 x 4:00 w/ 2:00 rest
3/21 PM 13.4 Lapham 2:01
3/22 AM 6.3
3/23 AM 6.2
3/24 AM 22.5 Ice Age 3:09
3/25 AM 12.0
Total 80.0
Where'd you go D2? You don't post for a week or two, and then 5 posts. Good stuff man, as always.
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