So after Al’s Run I switched gears into longer type stuff. Not long like the old days, but enough to remember what it is like to stay on the feet a few hours. Ran 17.8 on 9/23 at a pedestrian 11:43 trail pace. Just out enjoying the day with a few friends. The next Saturday I ran 12.4 at 9:55 pace which is my basic race pace for ultras. On 10/8 was the Glacial Trail 50k which went well with a 5:04. I was happy that I felt good and split the out and back course with a 2:42 out and 2:22 back. The following week I took it easy and tallied a big 34.2 mile week. The rest was good and I had a good past week with 7 solid runs. Monday through Thursday ended up being tempo type effort, Friday was a trail 15k at 50 mile pace. Saturday I was back on the trails and ran 18 at 9:28 pace and it was not as much work as I thought. Sunday was 20.2 with my fellow JFK entrants (Dean/Andrea) at a nice and easy 5mph pace. Good week for me. Four weeks to JFK and I will probably run next week similar to last week after a couple days easy.
On another note I find myself studying all the 50-59 entrants and their predicted finish times. Not sure what plans my sub conscious brain is hatching up, but I can’t stop running race scenarios through my conch. First things first...I ate my way back to the weight I lost for Al’s so that would need to come off. I ran this course in 2000, so I have some experience here. I may just freakin’ show up with the game face that day and take the top off.
