Thursday, March 12, 2009

Loving the taper

Yeah, I confess, I love the taper before a race. The hard workouts are still hard, but they are mercifully shorter :).

This morning I did 1 mile easy, then 2 miles at lactate threshold pace (HR low 160s), then 1 mile easy.

Mile: Ave HR, Max HR, Time
1: 139, 147, 11:43 (pretty steep uphill; 4400 to 4600 feet above sea level)
2: 155, 159, 10:03 (still uphill, though a little more gradual; 4600 to 4700 feet above sea level)
3: 151, 166, 8:54 (!) (wow! fast!; downhill from 4700 to 4600 ft)
4: 140, 166 (this would be at the start of that mile!), 10:08 (steep downhill).

It was a FAST workout :) and I felt great. No IT band problems at all. I feel so ready for this race. Let's hope I'm feeling good on race day!

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