<< October 28, 2007 >>
the wall

sometimes you may hear runners talk about the wall, and if you are unfamiliar with the term, this graph of my split times from the cape cod marathon today will show you what it's all about:

i'm not sure exactly what happened; i just couldn't run up hill anymore without my legs feeling like they were going to seize up at any moment. maybe i didn't hydrate enough? either way, the second half of the course is pretty brutal if you can't run up hill, and it's clear to me that i need to adopt a more rigorous training regimen. i mean, i'm sure i would have had a better time if i'd taken it a little easier, but 26 8-minute miles does not a boston qualifier make. time to focus on january.