"D Stumpus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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The sun burned its image onto my back as I walked to the temple of Amen Ra -- oh wait the heat must be playing tricks on me again...
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I sprinted the last hundred yards to the finish and my watch said 1:31:50 -- several minutes under my target. I still felt strong and my legs had plenty left, which was good because you have to make your way back down 3 miles to the ski lift under your own power.
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Sweet race Dan! You make it sound easy, but I guess that's a testament to your training and race experience. Your report didn't convey suffering, your own or others. Hell, I guess if you run 10k vertical per week that's no big deal. (ski lift? you mean you didn't run down the whole way?)
Sweet race Dan! You make it sound easy, but I guess that's a testament to your training and race experience. Your report didn't convey suffering, your own or others.
Truth be told, I probably sandbagged it a bit. I only ran fast enough to win my AG based on last year's performances. I want to get in a few more solid training weeks with speedwork before the fall, and racing too hard over longer distances will mess that up...
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Hell, I guess if you run 10k vertical per week that's no big deal. (ski lift? you mean you didn't run down the whole way?)
I consider hill races to be easier than flat races, for some odd reason...and no, I didn't run the last 3.5 miles down -- with 2.5 mile warmup, 7 mile race and 3.5 mile jog to the lift, I figure I got enough of a workout for the day.
