Twelve weeks from Ice Age 50 mile today. The body takes a few miles to smooth out the rough places. Once loosened up, the mojo wasn’t really there. It was cool and rainy and I just kept after my goal of 22 miles. Somewhere around 15 miles the body was doing okay so I ended up jogging the last 7 miles about a minute a mile faster than I had been.
I won’t do a lot of long runs. I’m stiff a fair amount. My wife mentioned before I went out that I was leaning. We will see how sore my back is tomorrow.
Last year I incorporated speed work. I almost have to to beat the 12 hour cut off. My last 6 efforts of 50 miles have all been in the 11 hour zone. Last year I hit 11:02 at Ice Age. I guess if I was to have a goal it would be to break 11 hours. To do this I will have to increase my cruising speed. So I will wind it up often, take many easy runs and do a long every 3 weeks.
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