Saturday, June 27, 2009

Speeding up by slowing down, Part Two

I wanted to try something a bit different this morning. I was a little disappointed with my run from last week, and I was left wondering if my pedaling cadence may have been the culprit. Coming from a cycling background, I often pedal at 90-100 rpm, which, according to some theories, may compromise my running. So this morning I tried going at a lower cadence. I wasn't going to be running afterward, but I wanted to see how it felt.

There was a pretty solid (25+ km/h) wind coming out of the NNE. Normally this would slow things down a bit, but instead I was still grooving along. I was averaging over 36 km/h heading east, 44 km/h (easily cruising at 50+ for a while) heading south, and 38 km/h going west. I was feeling really strong. I may have to try this out next week in the race, and see if I can recover a better run.

Bike: 120 minutes, ~60km

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