This is my off week so I'll only be at around 30 miles total.
Monday was a solid training pace run.
Wednesday was a long-awaited marathon pace training run. My heart rate was too high for most of the run and I got tired too soon. By the last two miles I was spent.
Humidity was at 100% and it was in the 60's, which is still warm considering my body is used to 40's. I'm hoping that these were the reasons I got too hot and tired so quickly.
In addition, I suspect that my hard 20-miler last week affected things. Still trying to figure out the facts on glycogen depletion.
Finally, I started way too fast. Max. heart rate was at nearly 210 in the first mile, partly due to nerves. Much different from my usual slow start. In addition, my watch was lagging a lot in showing pace data so I kept running faster...at times I was running a 6:00 pace thinking I was at the 7:15 shown on the watch. No wonder I got so tired. Thinking cloud cover or precip must affect watch reception.
Regardless, my poor performance shows that I have some learning and investigating to do. Surely I can do better than 7:15 pace on a flat trail...especially after a 7:50 pace for more miles on a much, much harder route last week.
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