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11-04-26

10k race -- 40:05 chip time

Notes

bummer not to go sub 40, but not too bad in light of how crappy i felt this week. definitely like 0 pop (can see from easy run/warm up paces being pretty sluggish this week). still, decent benchmark, vdot equivalent here is like 1:28:30. Back to proper training, try and stay feeling good, couple big weeks/big sessions, and a proper taper.

sucks to be so close to a benchmark like that and miss it but i think it's good that you went through with the race anyway. at least for myself, i'm inexperienced enough that i feel like any race is worthwhile just for the learning, let alone the training stimulus. we're in a fairly similar place, so prob true for you as well. what is your target HM?

for sure! still feel like i need a lot more reps to learn where the line is/what can be sustained for that second half. per watch, pacing was pretty good, with ks 8/9 a little slow and bad feeling, then a fast close (though it's a bit hard to interpret since watch had race at 10.13k).

for the half, <1:30 is the 'i didn't waste my time' target, 1:28 the 'fairly happy with progress' target, and 1:25:xx the 'hell yeah' target. depends a bit on weather and such, though, since mid-may could easily be in the 20s in which case i've got no idea what's a good pace.