Training Log Archive: prthiessen

Lap 1 I took out very easy. It was actually 17.5 and my friend's GPS said only 3300 feet of gain for that lap. I wound up running an extra mile running to an aid station to get help for a guy who had fallen. He had to go to the ED even. Poor guy. I probably lost about 20 minutes. Total time was 4:23.

Lap 2 there were a lot less people doing the 55k. Probably only 40 total. The first six miles was all uphill so that was a slog, but I started passing people. In the second lap I passed 12 people and never got passed. I finished the second lap in 4:00 hours even so I pretty much ran dead even splits minus the time for going to the aid station. Finished strong and ran downhill the last 5-6 miles.

Stayed on top of hydration and nutrition. Gear was perfect. Had two bms which was unusual and slowed me by about 5 or 6 minutes. No big deal.

This definitely was not a goal race but I felt really happy with the day and getting out and just getting in a long workout. It was also really nice to run a race at White Ranch where I do so many training runs. Kind of like a home court advantage.

Easy flat miles on the Croke ditch trail at lunch.

Light weights while Ben is at karate.

Pretty windy the second half. Miles were 837, 756, 736, 737, 800, and then 917. Felt good looking forward to racing.

Alternating running 10 minutes at 7.0 per mile and then walking uphill for 5 min at 4.2 and 10%.