AW 10 mile PR

[gt7301b]

I'm going to be a total AW.  My previous 10 mile PR was 1:26:06 and I ran a 1:22:38 this morning.  :drink: :beer:

[Brit]

Huge PR! Wow, that's awesome!

[hurricanedrunk]

Strong work on your PR! Congrats.

[clseale]

Awesome PR! Congrats!!

[labbie]

Mar 2, 2014 12:12:39 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

I'm going to be a total AW.  My previous 10 mile PR was 1:26:06 and I ran a 1:22:38 this morning. 

That is huge!! Great work!! <)

[venice2007]

Holy speedy. Good job!

[cinco]

Awesome PR! Congrats!

[Wines Not Whines]

Woohoo!

Was this a local race? I'm always on the lookout for new 10 mile races.

[jchokie79]

That is awesome, congratulations!!!

[thom]

That is huge! Congrats!

[gt7301b]

Mar 2, 2014 12:47:03 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Woohoo!

Was this a local race? I'm always on the lookout for new 10 mile races.

Reston 10 miler, it is super hilly, but I like it is a smaller race and you can sit in the car pre-race.  It is part of the PR race series and only costs $40, the Perfect 10 in the fall is on the same course.

[bostonmichelle]

Congrats!!

[G22]

Awesome job!

[skwcm80]

That is great!! Congrats!!

[coconutbug]

Fantastic! Congrats!

[ebeth]

Woot!

Still killing it. What have you been doing? I feel like you've had a really great racing streak for the past 6 months or so. Tell me your secrets.

[runaways]

Congrats!

[fdcritt76]

Awesome PR!

[gt7301b]

Mar 2, 2014 14:19:15 GMT -5 ebeth said:

Woot!

Still killing it. What have you been doing? I feel like you've had a really great racing streak for the past 6 months or so. Tell me your secrets.

Well I've done a couple of things, so it is hard to pin point the exact thing.

I've lost ~ 20 lbs since the start of 2013.  I've read that every 10 lbs lost equates to a minute in a 5k.  I'm the the lightest I've been since high school, well before I stuffed my face at brunch:)   I just feel faster when I am racing.

I started using the heart rate monitor last year and I realized that I was running most of my training runs too slow.  I picked up the pace on my long runs and easy runs.  This also helped with the weight loss because I realized I was burning ~20% fewer calories on a run than I had previously estimated.

I also changed my speed work so that I am doing longer speed work, more 800s, 1ks, 1200s, and 1600s instead of the 200s and 400s I was doing before. 

[kams]

You are seriously killing it!

[thebulldog]

Amazing!!!! congrats.

i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.

[Vally]

Awesome job!!

[boston340]

Speedy Gonzales! Congrats, you rocked that race!

[jamalynn]

Awesome! Congrats on the PR!

[breezy8407]

Congrats!

[jordylee]

Whoop Whoop! That is an awesome PR. Looks like your training changes are paying off.

[sassystace]

Great job!

[lovesherheels]

That's awesome! Congrats!

[spunkypenguin]

Mar 2, 2014 12:47:03 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Woohoo!

Was this a local race? I'm always on the lookout for new 10 mile races.

I just saw this in an e-mail about the Frederick Half - www.mission10miler.com/  Looks like parts of it are on the same course as the Frederick Half, which I quite enjoyed last year  The only issue is that it's the weekend before CB

[gt7301b]

Thanks everyone, I'm still on a high from this PR two days later:)