Training analysis and Trail Festival 1/2 Marathon
On Saturday 6/2/18, I ran a trail half-marathon as past of the Tejas Trail Running Festival. I had no business running any kind of race, but it was free since I’d won it the previous year, so, meh... I ran it. Most of the fun in attending the festival is hanging out with the trail running community and swimming at Krause Springs anyway. Krause Springs Kids Run Our Favorite Hammock Julie participating in a panel of experts As far as my Half, it took 2:00; it’s a tough course in the heat but my full marathon last year on the same course took about 3:50, so, notsogood this year.. I still have obviously not gotten back into real training since Boston. Actually, this was my longest run since Boston. But this made me put an analytical eye on my training. Part of what I get paid for in my day job is analytics, so I did some quick analysis on myself. To me there are 5 major drivers of success in distance running: 1. Mileage 2. Mileage 3. Mileage 4. Speed/workouts 5. Mileage So what abo