SarahDisney
So ... Yeah
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- Jul 23, 2014
All of your Bermuda pictures (both from here and the ones I saw on Insta last week) made me super jealous. Looks and sounds like a great adult spring break trip!
All of your Bermuda pictures (both from here and the ones I saw on Insta last week) made me super jealous. Looks and sounds like a great adult spring break trip!
You've got me itching to be in Magic Kingdom! I want to check out the breakfast menu at the Plaza. That one has never hit my radar before!
I can't remember where I saw that they were doing it, but I'm super excited. My preferred park strategy is to get as much done during the first hour/90 minutes as possible, then have a late breakfast or early lunch. I'm happy that MK has another option now!
I feel very comfortable in the 4-5 mile range, which makes me think that my next training plan should lead up to a 10k? (@DopeyBadger, I may have identified one in September to focus on after the Star Wars race).
Planned Run 3/Simulation 3: 4 - 5 miles (60 minutes)
Actual Run 3/Simulation 3: 1:01:02, 4 miles, 15:15 average pace (14:06, 14:39, 16:36, 15:41)
Mile 3 has a massive hill in it (8% grade), so I basically powerwalked up that, but other than that, did my normal intervals.
Planned Run 4/Simulation 3: 7.5 - 8.5 miles (120 minutes)
Actual Run 4/Simulation 3: 2 hours, 7.63 miles, 15:44 average pace (15:07, 14:44, 14:55, 15:16, 16:13, 16:57, 16:32, 16:20)
Sounds like a plan!
That pace of 14:36 lines up quite well with mile 1 and 2. Not something you could see in the moment during the run, but post-run shows you handled it appropriately given the elevation gain.
Did either of these runs mentally feel tough when you felt like you were putting in a decent effort and yet the splits were coming back slower and slower? Because it looks like it was all a matter of the terrain more than anything else from my perspective (the HR was fairly even across the board matching the GAP fluctuations).
I think the difference between Saturday and Sunday is that I just gave up mentally on Sunday about 4 miles in. Saturday was a good run, paces were on, and I felt great at the end of it. Sunday, I just gave up - I went from my normal intervals, to slightly more stretched out intervals, to just walking. Yes, I finished the distance on Sunday, and my pace wasn't that far off, I'm just concerned that I couldn't pull it together in my brain.
It happens to everyone along the way. The key is trying to learn from it as best you can. Figure out what the triggers were for the mental give-up and see if those can be avoided on future training runs/races.
I did it! I finished! It was not great, but I survived — full recap and trip report to come!
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Also, @ZellyB, you were right! No such thing.