Also got a race of my own coming up this Sunday, an 18k that'll be run on a 6k loop around a local lake. Went to the race site to test it out this past Sunday and I think it's a good thing I did. This is gonna be a hilly affair for sure! Over the two loops I did, about 12k, I had an elevation gain of 640 feet but the good thing is, since it's a loop and you always come back to your starting point, what goes up must come down. Kinda hard on the ankles but I'll try to make up for the slowdowns going up by pushing it while resting on the way down.
Here's a link to my Garmin workout from this past Sunday:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/390113554
kilometers 4 to 9 were done at about race pace and ended averaging out in pace at 4:48 per km (7:43 per mile). I'm shooting for something between 4:45 and 4:55 per km over the race which would give me a finish time between 1:25:00 and 1:30:00.
Weather forecasts are looking sometimes good, sometimes rainy as heck. Temps should be in the mid-40's, about perfect. About the rain, I honestly don't know what to think. I guess it would bother me more thinking about my fans coming to the race (wife, my two sons, my mother in law and possibly my parents) more than for me. I plan on running with a long sleeve technical shirt. Don't remember what the temps were last year but looking at pictures from the race's website, almost everybody had gloves, long sleeve pants/tights, jackets. Don't see myself running with a jacket...
did an easy 5.5 k this morning, 6k planned tomorrow with 4k at race pace and another easy 5 k for Thursday before taking a couple days off leading to race day...
FM