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.
Nice post! 34.2 miles is still great. The slobs in my backyard do nothing. Good luck at JFK!
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