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Sat, Feb 08, 2014
Race: SLC Winter Series 10K (6.21 Miles) 00:32:38, Place overall: 3
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18.000.000.00

Weak race effort with a good little post-race workout. Probably should have pushed a bit harder on the way out with the tailwind. Once we turned around Riley and Bryant were already really far ahead and I let the effort level lapse way too much. Those guys ran very well.

5:05, 5:01, 5:01, 5:35, 5:29, 5:23, 64.

It was windy but probably not that windy (enough to justify that kind of slowdown). In similar conditions at the 2012 15K, I ran a lot faster back into the headwind. 

Then 10 x 30 seconds (45s recovery) at 1500m effort. I was moving quick on these. Felt really good about this session and glad I didn't scrap it. 

Photos from Andrea. Start at #27.

I forgot my sunglasses!

AM - 13 miles. 3 up, 6 race, 1 efforts, 3.5 down.

PM - 5 miles.

My fairy prance at the turnaround. Actual time was 15:40.

Comments
From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 15:57:50 from 50.168.224.197

Great to see you as always, Jake. Nice post-race session! Nice work today. Just another stepping stone.

From Dave Olson on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 16:33:46 from 98.202.58.72

Nice day overall. Very impressive!

From kevin212 on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 16:52:07 from 174.232.197.144

Good race, jake! I love your little diabolical postrace speed sessions!

From SpencerSimpson on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 18:06:09 from 166.137.209.23

Jake! Good to see ya brotha. Nice relaxed effort today. "Not that Windy"? Were you at the same 10k everyone else did?;) good work. Glad to y'all there. Look forward to more runs. Make it happen.

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 19:29:43 from 67.177.11.154

The wind was definitely rough... I just meant it wasn't enough to justify that kind of slowdown for me.

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 21:01:02 from 72.250.218.114

Jake - the wind is hard to judge by feel or even numbers, unless they gave you the vector field of the wind for every point of the course and you calculated the integral along the path. You just have to look at a group of tough fit consistent runners and calculate the difference between expected and actual times. Riley lost 57 seconds in the second half relative to the first, and he was an outlier - probably because he is a power runner - strong on the uphill, relatively weak on the downhill - so he can deal with resistance, but it comes at a cost of fluidity. On average we saw around 90 seconds. So I'd say your slowdown was normal.

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 21:52:39 from 67.177.11.154

Yeah I'm not too worried about the actual time that the wind cost us... I was just unhappy w/ myself for taking my foot off the pedal like that. Wind or not, I know my effort level tanked, because when I got focused again I was able to run a solid post-race workout. Two years ago I ran much faster for a longer distance in wind that was just as strong, so I know I have it in me.

From RileyCook on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 22:55:57 from 73.52.134.194

Nice race Jake. I wouldn't worry too much about the lapse in effort. It happens to me from time to time as well, especially in settings like today where yeah it's a race but not really a big significant one.

Sorry I didn't join ya for the post-race speed work, didn't want to push that fast on my knee right now. But it sounds like you had an even better session today than after the 5k. Those will pay dividends.

From Josh E on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 23:17:25 from 75.162.251.201

Nice workout Jake.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 15:42:19 from 66.69.93.8

Solid run. I like the 10 x 30 at the end as well. Crazy how much competition is up there.

From Rachelle on Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 09:53:23 from 159.212.71.17

Nice job Jake and great little post race session. Loving that second picture...turns like that in races are so awkward!

From Steve on Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 00:50:24 from 66.87.126.217

I'm a little behind on getting to race reports this week but with yours that's usually good. I don't get the 50 notifications on my email from everyone who follows you. :-)

Your race and your fitness are fine, you just need something new to stir your soul.

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