The week started off well, nailed the run in the morning, good swim at lunch. The week built to the Big Day on Sunday, which felt pretty good. 1 hr + 45 min intervals at 80% on the bike went well. Took the run easy, trying to keep the HR < Z4, as I still have some sick left in the lungs. boo-urns.
Oh yes, next week is Around the Bay. I've been trying to figure out a strategy for racing this ... basically the first 20k are more or less flat and pretty fast. However, if you get to 20k and don't have fresh legs, you're screwed: it goes up and down a lot after that for 8k.
So my goal is to finish < 2:20, which means 4:40min/km average... First 10k, just under 4:40, settle into 4:40, then hold on, try to negative split? It seems sort of foolhardy because it would be really easy to blow up on those hills trying to hold 4:40. However, if I try to go out and bank time, am I even going to be able to run in the range I need to by 20k?
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