aka Brittneypeterthon! (Brittney Johnson did one too!)

a number of things over the last couple of weeks had resulted in pretty low ambitions for this peterthon, so my plan was somewhere between taking it easy and seeing how i feel. i didn’t sleep well for a third night in a row, but the temp was a better than forecast, so i could wear my favorite gear.

stryd said i should target 264W for a ~3:20, but my plan was to go 3.1mi at 245, then decide to go up to 255 or maybe 264 for the next 20mi, then whatever i could muster for the final 3.1. this breakdown has worked well for me before when i wasn’t confident of my pace target. but… once my legs started moving, i felt great. so i did 255 for the first bit, then 265 for the rest. i had a slightly positive split but i blame that on the ridiculous wind gusts (the wind was fine but the gusts made it really hard to be consistent) and the direct sunlight at the end.

brittney sent me a perfectly timed message — i got it right as i touched the 31st st beach house to turn into a headwind for the next 13mi.

i crossed the “finish” at 3:21:48 with a little boost and felt great. then panicked that maybe strava would think it was less than 26.2 so i ran a few more meters.

thank you Brittney, Min, and Coach Fahey for always supporting me on my peterthons!