THREE 1 - 4 (15.5) Oskar Blues 4 Miler

Wednesday 1

The severe thunderstorms, high winds, rain, and chance of a tornado stopped all workouts today. 

Thursday 2

Today I only did some mobility exercises. 

Friday 3

Travel to Asheville. Beer crawl. Farm Burger - Appalachian Mountain Brewery Blonde Ale. Old World Brewery - Ashevegas Pale Ale. Pack's - Pisgah Pale Ale. 

Saturday 4

Oskar Blues race day. The Springhill Suites is nice enough, but it was super noisey. Around 1 a.m. there was someone singing and beating on the walls in a room near ours and it didn't get much better. I don't think any of us slept well.

Note to self: The night before a race is not the time for a beer crawl, even a little one.

Oskar Blues 4 Miler

I didn’t do much race pace prior to race day, only strides.

I cut back on alcohol and was more conscientious about my diet the week leading up and I slept great all week. I had no significant niggles.

I wanted to hold a 7:15 pace then pick it up for the last mile or two. I was able to hit the 7:25s but hills around miles 2 and slowed me.

Race: I had 4 pre-race goals; 1) PR 2) All-American 3) Sub 30 4) Sub 29. I met all my goals but 1. I did not go sub 29, I finished 29:17.

Warm up: LML. 1 mile up. Strides. The warm up went well, no issues.