Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Insights from the World Record Holder

OBJECTIVE
2-6 mi.@ 8:37-9:47

ACHIEVED
6.16 mi.@ 9:15/

5:25 AM 76° 92% 0 mph

Yesterday I watched an interview with women's marathon world record holder, Paula Radcliffe. I noted a couple interesting insights. When asked how she knows she's ready for a marathon, Radcliffe noted two components of readiness. Her 10-mile tempo runs and her 22-23 mile long runs. When she's "feeling good" on BOTH of them, she's marathon ready.

Radcliffe was also asked what she's thinking about while she's racing. She said she usually counts to 100. Once she's done it 5 times, she's run a mile. (Small club that runs 5-minute miles over the course of a marathon!)

Today's run was okay. It was good to stretch out at an easy pace.

PRE RUN
weight=162
water

POST RUN
SlimFast, vitamin & oatmeal w/flax, brown sugar & skim milk

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