Week 11 was at Lake Youngs. The plan was to do the 9 mile loop around Lake Youngs and then a 7 mile out and back for 16 miles.
As my body has started getting stronger, I find myself starting too strongly. Having run with my team mates for the last 3 months, I have a general idea on how hard I'm pushing myself by gauging my position with theirs. I've been trying to pace S & L. If I stay behind them in the early going, I don't find myself fading at the end. S & L were nursing injuries this last week and I flew past them. That was a mistake.
The last mile or two of the Lake Youngs loop consist of a long uphill stretch of 148th. I was still feeling pretty strong at the start of the stretch and I flew up those hills. Big mistake. The out and back leg required me to tackle those hills again and I was hurting bad. I pushed through my exhaustion and finished. I even had enough left to tackle that one last big hill before the finish.
I'm definitely enjoying hills a lot more. The hill work that I've been doing seems to be paying off dividends. I'm tackling hills with more confidence the last couple of weeks.
The funny thing is that this course took roughly the same time as the 15 miler we did the Redmond watershed even though it was a mile longer.
Originally posted on daniel.vox.com
I know what you mean. Sometimes it's difficult to match the rate of improvement with your pace. But sounds like you're doing a great job!
Posted by: Home exchange | July 20, 2009 at 07:52