tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810101963520423285.post5894929532043878837..comments2024-01-26T02:09:52.871-08:00Comments on Pat Rich's Running Blog: waiting for the great melt forwards (January 29 - February 11, 2015)Patrick Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018340056717339542noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810101963520423285.post-72853020444400679832015-02-16T09:08:27.914-08:002015-02-16T09:08:27.914-08:00Heather doesn't have a twitter account, but I ...Heather doesn't have a twitter account, but I could probably dust off mine for that purpose, if you're interested. She is going to be looking for something to do for ~3 hours while I'm running loops. :) I know 18:00/5k is going to be unlikely for the last (maybe last couple) lap(s), but 17:45 will probably feel ok for the first 5 or 6 at least. Probably don't want to be any faster than that early on.Patrick Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018340056717339542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810101963520423285.post-43885427234757594262015-02-13T04:58:35.554-08:002015-02-13T04:58:35.554-08:00I would say for sure you could run either just und...I would say for sure you could run either just under 3 or right around 3 as I guess (in going back and looking after reading that entry) I wasn't doing nearly the miles you have been doing and the miles I was doing were a lot slower on average. I also missed some time and had a little bit of a health issue in the months leading up...so just south of 6 min pace off of that for me should translate to much faster for you I'd say. You are in beast-mode right now and you've already done essentially a 50k on the road so you know... The key is (because the course is so uniform and each 5k is the same) to pick your 5k goal time per lap and just stick to that without going crazy early. If you try to run even remotely close to even splits (as difficult as that could be), that will ultimately be the key. I hope your wife live-tweets your laps from the finish line! ;)<br /> DoubleJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756938292533829398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810101963520423285.post-12325378799412536912015-02-12T14:01:40.505-08:002015-02-12T14:01:40.505-08:00I went back and read your blog entry from Caumsett...I went back and read your blog entry from Caumsett recently - I hope I can write a report that interesting and recall the later miles as well as you did. :) Also - Ferenc will have to verify - but I'm pretty sure his JJ impression - that I got to hear from him this summer - originated from the 2011 Caumsett 50k and conversations between the two of you at the turnaround. Is the hairpin as bad as it looks on the map?Patrick Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018340056717339542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810101963520423285.post-64679330844952271592015-02-12T12:10:10.293-08:002015-02-12T12:10:10.293-08:00haha! you will be much closer to that 3hrs or und...haha! you will be much closer to that 3hrs or under I have a feeling... IF you want to know how NOT to race that race, see my blog entry :)... DoubleJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756938292533829398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810101963520423285.post-1331978398744680862015-02-12T11:58:30.758-08:002015-02-12T11:58:30.758-08:00Thanks, Jim! My "A" Goal, where the &quo...Thanks, Jim! My "A" Goal, where the "A" stands for "Absolutely Unrealistic and Blindly Ignorant of What Racing a Road 50k is like", is 3:00:00. My "B" Goal is 3:05:36 - right back at you ;)Patrick Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018340056717339542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810101963520423285.post-44092681765652766952015-02-12T11:55:02.159-08:002015-02-12T11:55:02.159-08:00....'the nuts and bolts for the last two weeks.......'the nuts and bolts for the last two weeks'.... that's 'nuts' alright ;). What is your goal for Caumsett? I hope faster than 3:05:37 ;).DoubleJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756938292533829398noreply@blogger.com