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14 miles today and one week to go.
Jan. 16th, 2010 09:00 pm+ It was warmer today, about 50 degrees.
-However, it felt coolish and damp, as it was raining when I left the apartment to go run today. And it rained most of the nearly 4 hours I was out.
+I didn't let the rain stop me. (not even when I had to go back to the apartment when I realized that I was wearing my road shoes and not my trail shoes)
+ I ran 1bout 11 miles of trails and three of roads; the trail was all part of the Mountain Mist course.
+The race trail marker/flags were up already, so I was able to follow the exact course I'll be doing next week. I feel better about having a idea of where I'm going. Think I've probably practiced on about 70% of the race course.
+I did the Waterline climb!!!! Although Ice-line was more like it! I wished I had a camera to take a pic of the ice falls over the rocks. When I got to the top, I let out a loud holler of success; I hope I have the lungs to do the same next week when the climb comes at mile 24 instead of just after 4.
-The rain made the rocks slick. And there was still some ice to navigate as well. And plenty of mud. I felt I was having to move too slowly to keep my footing at times. I'm too much of a wuss about downhills. I slipped a few times as it was---my legs and tights were filthy by the time I finished.
-I'm still fretting about making the cut off times/checkpoints in the race. I hope race day adrenaline and competitive/camaraderie helps me shave enough time off my pace. And there is no way in hell I can maintain an even pace throughout; the terrain varies too much for that. I did purposefully take it easy and cautious today, not wanting to hurt myself--better to risk a possible DNF (did not finish) in the race itself rather than a DNS (did not start) because of pushing a race pace today. I'm worried though. I know with "flat" road races, my training pace is significantly slower than my race pace, but I'm not sure about how I'll do with the added trail difficulty factors.
-However, it felt coolish and damp, as it was raining when I left the apartment to go run today. And it rained most of the nearly 4 hours I was out.
+I didn't let the rain stop me. (not even when I had to go back to the apartment when I realized that I was wearing my road shoes and not my trail shoes)
+ I ran 1bout 11 miles of trails and three of roads; the trail was all part of the Mountain Mist course.
+The race trail marker/flags were up already, so I was able to follow the exact course I'll be doing next week. I feel better about having a idea of where I'm going. Think I've probably practiced on about 70% of the race course.
+I did the Waterline climb!!!! Although Ice-line was more like it! I wished I had a camera to take a pic of the ice falls over the rocks. When I got to the top, I let out a loud holler of success; I hope I have the lungs to do the same next week when the climb comes at mile 24 instead of just after 4.
-The rain made the rocks slick. And there was still some ice to navigate as well. And plenty of mud. I felt I was having to move too slowly to keep my footing at times. I'm too much of a wuss about downhills. I slipped a few times as it was---my legs and tights were filthy by the time I finished.
-I'm still fretting about making the cut off times/checkpoints in the race. I hope race day adrenaline and competitive/camaraderie helps me shave enough time off my pace. And there is no way in hell I can maintain an even pace throughout; the terrain varies too much for that. I did purposefully take it easy and cautious today, not wanting to hurt myself--better to risk a possible DNF (did not finish) in the race itself rather than a DNS (did not start) because of pushing a race pace today. I'm worried though. I know with "flat" road races, my training pace is significantly slower than my race pace, but I'm not sure about how I'll do with the added trail difficulty factors.
