Mark Howard invited me to run one loop of this race which is a 50K and it's 3 times around lake Youngs in Renton, WA for the full 50. Clear all week and then we get rain this morning. I wore a long sleeve and short sleeve tech shirt and because of the rain wore a light jacket which made me extremely warm during the race. Trail run with gravel, hard pack, mud and wet grassy conditions. Lots of ups and downs. Running on trails takes more energy out of my legs and slows down my pace quite a bit.
I carried a 16 ounce bottle of accelerade with me which made it kind of awkward to run with. Stopped and walked 2 times to drink. About 4 miles in I was getting pretty tired and told Mark he could shoot ahead if he wanted to but he chose to stay with me which was nice as it forced me to keep up with him. On the hills my HR kept getting up into the mid to upper 170's which is pretty high for me. However due to the running of the Parkway hill lately it didn't kill me. This was a hard run but I never felt like I wanted to quit. Happy with the way my body is responding to training. Now it's time to start speed work next week. Mark and I both agreed that next year we will run 2 laps and then the following year we will do the full 50K.
Overall avg. Pace 8:29 Avg. HR 167
Splits Pace: HR: 7:57 153 8:20 169 7:30 169 8:53 170 9:01 170 8:47 169 8:31 168 8:26 166 9:13 169 7:45(.4 mile) 169 The website for this race says 9.6 but my garmin says it was 9.4 so I'm sticking with 9.4. I was saving a little energy for the last quarter mile but we finished early so am feeling pretty darn good.
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