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All Eggs in One Basket

Hello People! Since the last time I blogged, not much racing has happened. After Mayor's cup, I was feeling in really good fitness. Having done only about 6 structured weeks of training before that, I was eager to see how much fitter I could have gotten. I wanted to get in even better shape, do harder workouts and push my body to the limits. So I found one race that gave me enough time to get ready for it mentally and physically: Las Vegas Rock & Roll Half Marathon. After signing up for this race, I was very pumped. Started doing workouts such as 18 mile fartleks on heartbreak hill, long hill reps on Christian Street and long-fast intervals such as 3x3miles, 4x2 miles..Man I was feeling very good! I was hitting paces for these workouts that I had never done before. For example, on the 18 mile fartleks, I was averaging close to 20 secs per mile faster than I did on my Rotterdam Marathon prep. The intervals kept getting faster, my form was looking good and I was very excited! I ...

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