Last night, at least by my perspective, was Ironman 70.3 Singapore. When I checked the results this morning, I was surprised. My assistant coach who has been in the Philippines for the last two months went out and took third in the race. On the podium, and was only 17 seconds out of second. Great job, Tereza!
Using that as a bit of motivation, I hit the road for my run. Today was bit over 8 miles, doing a flat 3 mile loop to get loose, then picking up the pace for the hilly 5 mile loop. I finished the first loop about 30 seconds faster than two weeks ago, which is a good sign, and set out for the longer section. My pace was quick but still at 4-4 breathing. There was a stiff, cold breeze out of the north that slowed down a few stretches, but my legs felt pretty energetic, and I kept popping along. When I got back to the house and stopped the watch, the time was 39:21. This is only the second time I've gone under 40 minutes, and beats my old record by 7 seconds. I definitely wasn't out chasing the record today, since my effort wasn't high enough for that. I could have kept that pace up for quite a while. I may not have enjoyed it that much, but I wasn't any near the limit. So, here we are in March, and I'm running at least as well as I was last August, under sub-optimal conditions. That's not a bad thing at all. Let's see what another six weeks does, and race season opens.
Run: 8.4 miles, 24:51/39:21
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