My thoughts on Edmonton

Key Thoughts:
1. Weight higher than it should be to run easily at that pace over the longer distance. Less margin of error.
2. Hills early in the race put me into distress very early. Hills really didn’t ease up until closer to 18-20 k.
3. Combination of race weight and hills on the course meant that I was burning calories at a much higher rate.
4. I suspect that when we re-test my zones shortly that we’ll find that my zone 1 was not yet back to where it was earlier this year. Zone 3 and 4 are just fine as evidence of the races I did in July.

Key factors for next cycle (just my opinion of course but I’ll put it out there nonetheless)
1. Weight loss to minimize calorie burn.
2. Get zone 1 back to where it should be.
3. Better sleep

Key successes from the race:
1. I was able to come back strongly in the last 12k of the race.
2. Legs felt good prior to the race.
3. Last couple of weeks of preparation really went well.