Man, I should have learned my lesson at last year's Teva Mountain Games 10k. I don't know why I think I should be good at high altitude races, because I am clearly not! Adrienne and I were up in Beaver Creek for the weekend and we decided to enter the snowshoe race they put on. This was our first snowshoe race, and I think it just about lived up to our expectations. Completely anaerobic for most the race, and definitely up every hill. To say the least, I did not really enjoy it. I kept hitting my ankles with my snowshoes, and they are now all cut up, swollen, and bruised like crazy! Well, it was an experience. One I do not really want to relive, but an experience.
I have set out a schedule for my upcoming race. I feel pretty good about my fitness on the road, and I think I will be in pretty good shape heading into the race. I will be doing about 50-70 miles a week leading up to the race. The next three weeks are around 55miles, and then I have a bit longer week, and we will see from there. I need to get some efficiency in the legs at about 5:30 pace, and then just take it easy going into the event. I am going old school on the training: Lydiard style! I have 400s and tempos. I have a pretty good base behind me, and it is time to get those legs turning over nicely. Granted it is a half marathon, so I will not be doing anything very fast (around 5min pace max), but I would like to be efficient in that range. There are a couple of good groups that I will hook up with to get some tempos in. Jordan Jones has been doing a good, moderate tempo on the weekend, and that would be a perfect fit for me.
Anyway, today is the first tempo and I expect it will be rough. :)
Jason
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