This was the last tune-up race for Philly and it was just that: a good tune-up. The most important thing was that I competed and raced against guys today and put together a decent performance.
While technically a PR, I feel I have much greater capability in the 10K than what I ran today. This is not surprising because I am in marathon shape, and fine marathon shape at that. I found it difficult to run much faster than 5:10 in the wind of Haine's point but I feel I could run forever at 5:25 pace. I'm not that tired from the effort. Even at 5:10-15 pace it did not feel hard but my legs were accumulating lactate at a faster rate than I could clear it at the end and they were shot going down the homestretch. I could still feel Wednesday's heavy workout in my legs. It also probably didn't help that I went out so fast (it felt so easy!)
Basically I'm in great marathon shape but my legs aren't all there for the 10K which is ok since the marathon is the main goal. I'll have time to attack the short races and add additional VO2 and speed training to a lighter mileage load during the winter/spring and it's going to be a lot of fun not having to put all my eggs in the marathon basket.
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