Race strategy!!! yay!!
I'm one for two (1/2) on this so far. Success last week, complete failure yesterday. So let's see how this goes.

Last year's race:
https://www.strava.com/activities/779789036/overview- splits: 5:19, 6:04, 6:19, no sprint finish (5:56 min/mi)
- 4th overall, 1st in 30-34
- 18:22 official, 18:16 watch
- 2 mile: 11:19 (still my best 2 mile!!!)
Ok so I just remembered, this course has a motorcycle cop lead .. which amps me the F up. I run better with that stimulus: it's intense.
I don't see how i'm going to put together anything amazing tomorrow, don't feel too great, though I have improved quite a bit since I drank that first tea around 5 PM ET. Body/stomach felt dead before that, now both feel decent. Might feel good tomorrow.
Going to keep it conservative:
- HARD 1.5 miles out
- moderate 1.25 miles back ~6 min/mi, which would still have me way under 6 min/mi average if I hit the first 1.5 at 5:2X.
- HARD finish - would help me get back under even more, closer to sub 5:50 pace I think
Last year, my first mile was 5:19, so really pushing it. I was dead by then, and was ~5:50-6 min/mi pace for the next 0.5 miles. So at the 1.5 mile point, which is the turn around, I had PR'd my watch based mile and then died for the next 0.5.
So this year i'd like to hit that first mile similarly hard, but just keep it going for the next 0.5, as much as possible. Once I hit that turn around, i'll re-asses and maybe shut it down a bit, but then use that as some "recovery" before trying to hit a really hard quarter to close it out.
I'd like to hit the first 1.5 miles @ 5:2X pace at least. So that's pretty much the goal here.
dno, sounds like a solid goal for tomorrow given how bad Thursday went.
also, I think i'm going to run shirtless.. lmfao.peace!!!!