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i'm sure that's true, about racing more frequently.

also, turns out i'm an idiot who can't do anything right and the race is next sunday. there was a different race today that i considered signing up for and ultimately decided not to because it's far away and victoria park is local. but today is the date that stuck in my head. the one i signed up for is in my calendar correctly and everything, i just didn't bother to check. lololololol, damn it. well, maybe i'll go to the hackney marshes parkrun today and try to PR anyway, given that i've tapered this week and, as adarq said, racing makes you better at racing. but then maybe it's too close to the actual target race to put forth 100% effort? maybe i'll use hackney marshes to two-mile test or 3k test as that guy recommended? idk, i'm so keyed up at this point that i think i should just get it over with and run hard. i'm overthinking it. there will be other races, if i fuck it up this week i can just try again.

 

- run 5.32 km [w/strides ~30s x 6] in 24:56

- stretch

final tune-up. strides done just below sprint, i.e. about as fast as i can go without going up on my toes. sprinting still bugs my right knee and no reason to push something like that today. now it's rest, rest, race.

- run 8.54 km in 42:32

- stretch

nice and easy.

running in cold weather (above freezing) is the best! also, nice to see you making those rapid gains. i bet you could get some of the vert back with dedicated practice, but you're not focused on it right now. that's okay. when you play ball, between being able to jump a little higher and being able to play for an hour without wanting to fall over, which would you take at this point?

- run 11.84 km in 1:08:11
very slow/relaxed, 5:46 pace. the "slow slow slow, keep it slow, slow it down, keep it slow, slow slow slow..." mantra helped. good ego discipline to allow myself to be passed by people i'd ordinarily pass without a second thought. adarq i have no idea how you jog any slower than that. got more work to do, i guess, lol.

- stretch

something bugging in right hip. came out of nowhere, hope it's nothing. 56.1 km covered over the last week, which may be a weekly distance PR. will cut way back down this week in anticipation of saturday race. tuesday and wednesday will be ~8 km, with maybe some very short pace work on tuesday (like a few reps of 500m at 3:53-58).

Quote from: LBSS on November 26, 2019, 12:10:38 pm

signed up -- and actually made sure it went through this time -- for a race in victoria park on 15 december. joe/gukl, y'all gonna be around/interested? VP isn't as flat as battersea but i know it super well by now so that will hopefully help. 1.5 laps of the upper portion, no street crossing.

I should be able ti do this!

 

- run 10.1 km in 47:35
back to back 10k "PR"s, lol. 47:13.

- stretch

- pace practice: warm up x 2.6 km; 3 x 1 km in [3:52, 3:53, 4:05] w/3:00 walk/jog rest; cool down
annoyed about the last interval, i felt fine to go harder than that but watch kept telling me i was going too fast. or i misheard/misread it. total distance 9.89 km.

- stretch

headache back a little but not too bad. stretched shoulders, chest, and neck and will do some SMR and more stretching after i shower.

doctor diagnosed trapezius-related headache. in other words, my shoulders are jacked up and i'm getting referred pain. prescribed heat patches and an infrared self-massager. i'm super blown because that means it's just a failure of self-care. on the other hand better to know than not know, means treatment is possible.

- run 14.21 km in 1:15:06
headache present in the morning but not as severe as previous several days. went away by noon. heat + self massage + changed my pillow.

- stretch