September 28, 2019 (Morning)
Exercise Type: Run
Comments:
The 2019 Akron Half! I always forget how awesome the collective energy at one of these races is. I felt it as soon as I arrived.
My plan was to run the first 6 at easy to moderate pace. They ended up being: 6:56, 6:39, 6:35, 6:44, 6:34, and 6:37. These felt pretty easy and I was just crusin' along.
The 7th mile I wanted to come down to steady state - ran 6:17 - came down to this easily and felt good.
For the last 8 - 10 I planned on tempo (around 5:50), then CBus goal pace for 11-13.1 (5:34 - 5:42). The splits were 5:52, 5:58, 6:08, 5:54, 5:39, 5:34. Speeding up to tempo felt very smooth - however, in the second tempo mile I noticed my pace slowing and my legs lagging. When I tried to bring it back down it was harder than I expected. The 6:08 came from hitting the rise back up in elevation. When it came time for goal pace - I worked hard to just get back under 6 and then brought it down with the aid of a very large decline the last two miles. So, my goal pace section averaged out to 5:42 which hits that mark - so that is good! Without the downhill though I'm not sure I could have hit that.
So, overall more trouble with tempo and goal pace than I predicted - but there was the elevation climb, running 60+ weeks (before and present), and just straight training through this race - so maybe I should have expected more of this.
I was happy with how it went overall and for what I planned it to be. I think it gave me a good assessment of where I am and I was able to really enjoy the experience of the race as Akron always does a GREAT job.
Good day - race 1 down - now for the main focus.
Distance | Duration | Pace | Interval Type | Shoes |
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16.1 Miles | 1:22:34 | |||
1.5 Miles | Warmup | Gel-Cumulus 20 (Blue) | ||
13.2 Miles | 1:22:34 | 6:15 / Mile | Race | Adidas Adios 3 |
1.4 Miles | Cooldown | Gel-Cumulus 20 (Blue) |