My training has been going really well lately. On Wednesday, I did twelve 400 meter repeats. I did the first eleven in 2:00 each and the last in 1:20(!). Yesterday, I ran a very hilly course in Frick Park about 10.5K long in 51:00, a ~7:51 pace, which is faster than the 54:00 (8:43 pace) I ran in the Great Race 10K!
I think a really big help I had in both training runs was the 2006 Camelbak Catalyst 28 Oz Hydration Pack I just bought. I think I’ve been dehydrated in a lot of previous runs. There’s no way I’ve gotten that much faster in two weeks.
I’m really glad I bought a hydration pak and heartily recommend it to any aspiring distance runners. Just don’t make the mistake I made by ordering from BikeSomewhere.com. I don’t want to trash the company here, but if you want to know the crap I went through, just drop me a line. [muttering]!@#$ing morons…[/muttering]