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Ryan Pearman
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I can't pace myself for the life of me. I find myself actually preferring the treadmill to keep
myself honest. Anyhow....
I'm trying for a sub-3 effort at Boston.... I've got a couple of 20's in already and did my first 22
today. Figure a good pace for my long runs is ~7:30/mile. I do two loops of a mostly flat course
around downtown portland mainly so I can stock up on goodies (fluids) halfway through. No mile
markers really to speak of on the course, but I do know where "1 mile to go" is, and bugger all if I
ran the first "10" at 6:40 pace and the "11-21" at 7:00 pace.
Question: while it's nice to see that I can run that fast without really trying so hard, does this
somehow mitigate the long run training effect? Other than a longer recovery time, should I be
worried? Am I leaving my race out on the training course?
--Ryan
myself honest. Anyhow....
I'm trying for a sub-3 effort at Boston.... I've got a couple of 20's in already and did my first 22
today. Figure a good pace for my long runs is ~7:30/mile. I do two loops of a mostly flat course
around downtown portland mainly so I can stock up on goodies (fluids) halfway through. No mile
markers really to speak of on the course, but I do know where "1 mile to go" is, and bugger all if I
ran the first "10" at 6:40 pace and the "11-21" at 7:00 pace.
Question: while it's nice to see that I can run that fast without really trying so hard, does this
somehow mitigate the long run training effect? Other than a longer recovery time, should I be
worried? Am I leaving my race out on the training course?
--Ryan