Wanted to say I talked to Brian Sell today after my cooldown after the Peachtree. He seems like a real nice guy and it was an honor to meet him. Also, I was happy to see Matt run such a great race today. I believe he got a 40-something second p.r. as well. I felt comfortable throughout the race, and don't feel like I ran a race earlier today. I feel more like I ran a hard tempo. Part of that may be from the shock of running so fast. I was not expecting 32:48, a 45 second p.r. and as mile by mile went by I was in shock at how fast my splits were.
Here were my splits:
5:08
10:20
15:35
20:59
26:30
31:42
32:48
What this big p.r. tells me is one of many things:
1) God has blessed me this summer with good health and solid training and a desire to succeed like I have never had before
2) I am a pure distance runner and run my best times off of 3 solid workouts a week. One workout being a tempo at marathon pace. Another being cruise intervals at threshold pace with short rest. The third being a solid long run at Kennesaw Mountain.
3)More than anything I attribute this success to my long runs at Kennesaw Mountain. During the Peachtree, the hills took nothing out of my legs. Thats because running at a solid effort at kennesaw mountain makes running everywhere else seem easy.
4) My general strength and core exercises(3 hours total a week) have strengthened my core and made me strong in many different areas of my body and core.
5) My stretching has increased my flexibility
6)My tempo warmup drills have given me the muscular endurance necessary for my hamstring to hold up through races.
7)My 60 meter sprints after every run has helped me to work on my speed throughout my base training and to be able to run aerobically at faster speeds than I have ever run.
So where do I plan to go from here?
First, I plan to increase my cruise intervals up to 6 x mile and reduce the recovery till it gets down to 1 minute recovery.
Second, I plan to continue to increase my tempo distance by one mile a week, while holding marathon pace.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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