Posts Tagged ‘paceband’

This is a paceband for a person who doesn’t give a complete shit…just part of one.
I’ve been wearing pacebands for marathons and Halfs, 10-milers and even 10Ks since I’ve been racing.  But every time, after the first few miles, I either get depressed so it hurts to keep looking at it or my brain turns into race jelly so nothing computes anymore – thus by the halfway point, it’s either ignored or forgotten.  This time I’m doing things differently.

My avg. goal pace will be 7:45s but I’m going for even effort so if I end up slower, oh well. With this freeing philosophy in mind, instead of marking 26 splits on my paceband, I’ve noted only where the hills are, whether they’re up or down, and their distance.  This way I know whether to hold back or to give it some energy and how much longer till those famous Newton Hills are done.

Faster on the downs, predictably slower on the ups…it’s not rocket science but I think it’ll work.