No Taper, No long runs since January marathon, all zone 2 training for IM, and I stayed out late at a concert and had a few beers- so I had no delusions about PR'ing. My plan was to go for a run and work hard, but not all out. I met up with Brent and figured I would pace him to a 1:45 or so so I dropped from corral b to c. We ended up going out pretty fast- low 7's for the first few miles, and were feeling pretty good so we held on until we latched on to the 1:40 group for around mile 5. this was a perfect comfortable hard pace. I had a bit of an achilles tweak and my quads were a bit roasted from long hilly ride the day before so around mile 12 I had to back off a bit on the hills, so I let Brent and the pace group fade in front of me and catch them on the downhills. I picked it up tha last mile a bit and finished with a suprisingly good time. I managed to keep most of my run in Z3 with about 25 minutes in zone 4- which tells me the engine is getting stronger. I am looking forward to racing hard and preparing for a half next year. Kudos to Brent who aced his first 13.1 with a very strong 1:38.

Hydrate better and not go out and have tasty beverages. This was a b race so I had low expectations, but am very happpy with the result. I will train more specific for it next time cause I doubt I will be ironman training this time next year!

grabbed my gear, changed into some dry clothes and went to the NAMC club tent to cheer on some finishers. It was cold and freezing, and I just didnt have enough warm clothes, so we left around the 3 hour mark and missed the marathoners which was a bummer.


Not training or preparing specifically for this- just pretty much wedged it in to IM training, which is all base z2 stuff.


I love this race. Its expensive, but well run and a great way to tour Atlanta and get great crowd support.