Wednesday, October 15, 2008  Wednesday run  A really good
Central Park loop with C. and Triathlete L. I was a little
worried - my legs were dead yesterday, I was afraid I would have
to go slowly today! But mysteriously I felt very strong and
powerful - I was running smoothly and fairly hard - we were
quite a bit faster than last week, too.  Some stomach trouble in
the last couple miles - I must figure out what I can do about
this, it clearly happens as a result of tipping up over my
lactate threshold (i.e. Harlem Hill). We slowed down a hair and
I was OK making it to the end of the run, but in a long-distance
race situation where I still had a lot more miles to run I would
have had to have a couple of toilet stops - not good. On the
other hand, in a non-hilly non-hot marathon there is no way my
heartrate should get nearly that high until the last few miles
of the race. Something to ponder...  6.1 miles, 51:38, 8:28 pace
(avg HR 161, max HR 176)  Training is having an effect?!?  On
the subway home, I saw somet