#fall racing

I don’t think I’ve done a flat me since I quit Instagram earlier this year but here we go. I’m racing tomorrow in a 5k open XC event, same course I took my team to last week for an invitational. It’s a doozy and they all complained about how hard the course was last week. But I figure this gives me the chance to show I’m right there in the fight with them. Seasonal outfit with Jack o’ Lantern shorts and autumn leaf socks, might as well have fun with it. I could have worn my Saucony Havok XC spikes but I don’t think I’m quite ready to spike up yet. I’ll go with my carbon plated Saucony Endorphin Edge trail racers instead. I’m not expecting to be fast tomorrow but hopefully I get a good fitness test out of this.

One more 5K on tap for this month. This time I’ll be on a flat paved surface. It’s at a place where my XC team and I train frequently and I like the cause supported by this event. So, I’ve got two weeks to continue training and get ready.

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You've seen me do this one before...start on the treadmill at a very casual 6.0 mph, or 10:00 mile pace. Add 0.1 mph every 400. By the time I hit 6 miles I am at the fast end of my marathon pace range. Then I added 0.1 mph more every minute until I get to 55 minutes at which point I am running 6:40 pace. Finish with a 5-minute cooldown. I love doing the workout on the treadmill because it gets you building up to tempo and working pretty hard at the end. Yet it doesn't take much out of you because most of the run is at an easy pace. It sets me up well I think for Sunday, when I close out my fall season at the .US National 12k in Alexandria. An easy 3-miler to shake out and packet pickup are all that remain. That, and one last really early wakeup on Sunday.