This was a lot smaller race than the one I ran last weekend--so small that I was alone almost the whole time. The winner went off the front within the first half mile and I lost sight of him before the first mile marker. I kept two and three in sight for the rest of the race, but couldn't reel them in. I was hoping for a better time, but according to my HRM I averaged 178 bpm with a max of 188 bpm (97% and 102% of my theoretical max, respectively) so I can't really say I wasn't working. This sort of proves what I've been suspecting --that while I'm making decent progress I'm not really in the shape I thought I was.
This works out well, however, since all I really want to do right now is pile on miles and run intervals. I'm just going to focus on training and eating as well as I can for a while and see how things look when the weather begins to cool off again.
Speaking of longer runs, I did a test jog with this yesterday and, much to my surprise liked it quite a bit. I'm hoping to put in a couple of double-digit runs with it over the next week and really see how it feels. If it makes long runs that much more comfortable, I might actually consider running the local marathon in December.
As for the intervals, I guess the only equipment I'll need is this:
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