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Ran my 5K today.  Wanted to PR in my final race of my 40s.  I missed by 40 seconds.  I could have done it if I had not negative thought myself into walking at mile 2.  I also did not push once I could see the finish, since it was still 1/2 mile or so away, walked 3 times with finish in site.  Guess I did not leave it all on the course.  I did peak at 184 for HR, so I did work hard avg was 163.

I hated having runners start in the front of the field of 600 and you need to dance around them in the first 200 yards.  Oh well....

There are races on Sat, but I think it would be a waste of money to try and run one to cut the 40 seconds.

i have looked back at race times before and thought the same thing...If i hadn;t walked through that water stop, or if I had not done this...  Overall, nice job on the 5K!  Keep it moving forward!

Twink - 2012-03-20 5:08 AM Well done guys! Who has the next race?

My next race is really more of a fun event than a race. My wife and a few friends from church are all doing the Warrior Dash. We will be racing for fun and time will mean nothing to us, just a chance to get down and dirty!

I rode last night on the drainer to try an work out some soreness and even swam this morning, but I am still very sore.

Sorry to hear you are still sore.

Warrior Dash! I spoke to my friend's daughter (23yr) about the Dash. She is very ill right now so I told her if she did everything the doctors told her to do to get better I would set up a group with her next year. Its definitely a great cause and looks like a fun day for everyone.

I have never raced in a tri suit before, so can;t help you there. But I am excited to hear your results. Do you have a time goal?

I dont have a overall goal time yet.  But right now Im shooting for under 35 minutes on the swim, 5:15 on the bike.  I have no ideas on the run, but to finish. 

For me - I can't stand the onesies...1) if I have to go to the bathroom, the whole thing has got to come off and 2) I have a long torso - so onesies give me a permanent wedgie...I'd go for the two piece. That's some serious distance you'll be covering...good luck!

Fairly good run this morning, however it generated a question.

I am slow, and I am running my first mile at my race split time, it is a little slower than my race first mile but not my much.

How do slow people do long distances at HR levels of range 1 or 2 and not 4 or 5.  Should I be going long on a speed walk?

I am not clear on what you are asking, but the only thing I can say that helped my running was to run more. I looked at your logs and only saw 12 miles of running in March and 7 miles in Feb. It is going to be hard to see type of improvement on 12 miles a month. I would think you would see alot more improvement if you were doing 12 miles a week!

So I would suggest that you build a stornger running base, then start working on speed.

I think the groups officially end in April, so I think we need to have one more challenge to end strong. So I am thinking about a core challenge.

What do you say that we comitt to adding a core workout 4 days a week?  Thoughts?

4 day core workout and see if, we improve on doing 100 straight sit up, push up and/or body weight squats? 

Fell free to drop me a line anytime, I will continue to check in and see race results!

I think it officially ends at the end of April

Personally, I set all my training plans up for my A races. Any races I do before then will somehow work into that plan. I will use those races for tune ups, or a way to gauge my fitness and see what I need to work on.

Your A race is your A race, treat it accordingly.