Happy New Year!!! (back to work)
Ok, Easy Gate will resume on its irregularly scheduled times as my people and the writers union could not come to terms on a mutually agreeable collective bargaining terms. I feel I have to return to work and cross the picket lines or else put my staff and more importantly my regular readers in jeopardy of their jobs.
I am back to running after some much needed downtime and vacation. I was really feeling both mentally and physically beat after cross nationals and decided to take a rest.
Today way the CMS Freezer 5 in Sterling, MA. I used it as a bench mark rather than a race to just see where I am and to try to get some basis for my next few Squire workouts. The goal was to run 5:20 pace and just try to nail down a 26:40 and be done with it. Well, this is New England in January so often times you need to adjust on the fly. The data is below.
1. 5.18
2. 5.17 10:35
3. 5.19 15:55
4. 5.19 21:14
5. 5.33 26:48
Start of the Race:
Finish of the Race (and my excuse for the last mile)
It started snowing after 1.5 miles and then it started to accumulate about 3.0 miles into the race. The 4th mile was pretty flat so it was not a big deal but the last mile was mostly uphill and tough to get bite in the snow. It was extremely slick snow for some reason. A lot of sliding out there on the last mile. If I knew it was going to snow like that I would have gone out a bit quicker.
That's all I got.