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yeah, DC has surprisingly quite a lot of trails in the city and nearby (the one yesterday is about a 45-minute drive from my house, closer to baltimore). great resource, although of course the grass is always greener and i fantasize about living somewhere even more trail-centric and beautiful, like colorado.

and thanks!

barely slept last night for some reason. not even sure whether i was awake when alarm went off but i decided to just bag it and give myself another hour in bed. weird.

oh i was definitely slightly worried about an injury out there, it would be a long way back to the car if i sprained an ankle or whatever.

- track workout
-- warm up
-- 12 x [400m @ 5k pace w/ 200m jogging rest; every fourth 400m @ "faster" pace]
-- cool down
this workout is apparently called "hammer 400s." did the 5k reps in 90-95s, "hammer" reps in 82-84s. it wasn't too challenging, jogging rests averaged right around my normal easy pace, didn't even have to run at a "recovery" pace.

Hello from the Dolomites. In Italy for the next week and change. Hiked and ran today, plan is for more of that the rest of the time we’re up here. I’m not gonna journal as I go, didn’t bring laptop and it’s annoying to do on the phone.

Absolutely gorgeous up here.

- run 1:12:46, 13.66 km
air temp being below 60 fahrenheit is such a boost.

- run 1:16:53, 14.26 km
lovely evening. i've let myself take it easy in the mornings this week, apart from yesterday, because jet lag. i'll be back to pre-work running next week.

- run 2:34:25, 27.02 km
pretty fair dress rehearsal for next week. distance and elevation gain very similar to the race loop. feeling pretty good, i could definitely have gone out and done that again. in my memory, the hills are steeper in patapsco, but that may also have been influenced by how warm and humid it was when i ran there. much more pleasant today and should be next weekend as well.

ETA: i also tried again with homemade carb drink. still made it too liquidy, but it actually worked out well. i think it will use the same mix next week: 2/1 maltodextrin/fructose ratio with salt, lite salt, and magnesium. i mixed up about 500mL of that, with powdered pink lemonade for flavor, and added 200mL of water, which ended up yielding just about 500mL of drink. in a 400mL bottle that gives me 216g carbs, or just under 90g carbs per hour, which i tolerate easily. could probably go a little higher, even.

A goal = finish without feeling like shit
B goal = finish under 5:30
C goal = finish under 5:15