![]() From there we ran to Tukey's bridge and did Back Cove clockwise. One gradual and one crazy downhill took us down to the Bayside trail and a 5:45 first mile. Jeremy quickly bridged the gap while I stayed in their wake. About 3/4 mile in, a biggish group (maybe 10 runners, including Brett) with mixed abilities (from 35:30 to 37:30) was still together and I told Jeremy to not let that group get away. Brett took off fast and quickly got a jump on Jeremy and me. It was fun regrouping with Jeremy and Brett, at least for mile 1. Greatly aided by 1) perfect racing weather, 2) net downhill, and 3) an uncertified course that was maybe a tad short : )? It was also a cut-back week, so I was fresher than for the bruiser. Today was a perfectly stunning day to race. Confirms what I've written and fills in some unknowns as well. PS - well I just googled around and found the source. And then I'm not sure about the "everything else equal" assumption with compression socks since they are at least advertised to enhance performance because of the compression. Plus the penalty in VdotO2 won't be exactly correct because lots of that weight is closer to the center of rotation. What about a pair of "performance enhancing compression socks"? I can't find how much these weigh. That's not very much and probably not worth the consideration. That's about an expected 0.23% difference in performance, or something just less than 5s according to the chart above. Its hard to find the weight of socks but a pair of swiftwick aspire zeros weighs 23g for the pair. This doesn't mean I would advise you to wear Asics Piranhas or Inov8 155s for a marathon because I'm guessing there would be variables other than weight (and having to do with dampening of impact forces) that would affect performance. That's significant enough to me to wear Asics Piranhas (I do) or the Inov8 155s (I do that to). ![]() If its 1% per 100g per shoe then the difference would be only 17s. Saucony Kinvara (224g) is about 200g or 2% VdotO2 or about 35s over 10K assuming all else equal of course (like how much muscle work is being used to dampen impact forces). This means the difference in wearing say Asics Piranhas (122g) v. I don't know if that's 100g in total shoe or per shoe. I've been training with my retrocalcaneal bursitis since March 6 and running on it since April 8. Then I'm hanging up the shoes for a long winter's sleep. The guy that I raced in mile 5 had been doing consistant 17:4x - 17:5x at Back Cove 5K during late summer and he torched me by by almost a minute at B2B - so at least I have that to cling to. And I hadn't even started, you know, race training like 5K-10K pace intervals. After stalking some race times this afternoon, I realized that the Osprey course is a lot slower than I had thought. I ran LL Bean in 38:06, 3 seconds slower. Pre-season, mid-season, late-season? Doesn't matter. Big taper, moderate taper, no taper? Doesn't matter. Apparently I haven't a clue how to train. I'm working harder but not getting faster. I did an easier than normal workout Tuesday and some short snappy segments during my runs Thursday and Friday. My mileage has been dropping and I feel pretty fresh. My workouts have been going very well, unlike last summer. My goal was to go well under 37:30 and even reach for 37. Racing, and not just time-trialing, was fun, especially since I came out on top. Finally, somewhere after the mile 5 marker, I passed him for good. At one point he did drop behind me for a bit, but then passed me back. I wasn't going to argue with his pulling me. ![]() ![]() I started to pass him at least five times and each time he stayed just in front. Somewhat soon after the mile 4 marker I caught 4th place. Mile two felt hard especially for the pace. By the mile one split, I was running alone and the pack feeling disappeared. I think running with everyone made the pace feel easy. While the front pack was very thin, it still felt like a (spread out) pack since there's just not much cumulative spread in the first mile. After probably 1/2 mile, I found myself in 5th place. My goal was very low 6:00s on the uphill miles, and very low 5:50s on the down hill miles. It was a cool morning, some wind, but overall a beautiful day for a race. While all the cool cats were slogging trail miles in MA, I pounded the Freeport roads at the Great Osprey 10K. ![]()
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