Balboa Park Pre-Race

Time: 65:37
Distance: 9.22 miles

W/u: 23:20 for 3.01 miles
W/o: 2 x 5 mins, 2 x 3 mins, 2 x 1 min (all with 3 mins rest)
C/d: 9:58 for 1.27 miles

This morning Meagan wanted to do a workout while she was in the ideal temps of San Diego. I didn't feel in the mood so I opted to help her out. We are both gearing up for the Dilworth 4 Miler this weekend. I will probably do something later in the week to get ready for the pace, today was just not the day.

I came up with a simple pre-race workout that is similar to 2 x mile, 2 x 800m, 2 x 300m all with 3 min. jogging rest. We selected to use a combination of the roads and grass fields available in Balboa Park. The workout was fine but nothing to write home about.

Splits:
5:01 @ 5:32 pace (3:01 @ 8:01 pace)
5:01 @ 5:34 (3:01 @ 8:33)
3:00 @ 6:01 (3:00 @ 8:11)
3:01 @ 5:32 (3:02 @ 8:32)
62 @ 5:11 (2:01 @ 9:30)
62 @ 4:59 for 32:19 total and 4.94 miles; 6:33 average.

I could tell that Meagan was working harder than she should be. The first 3 min interval was run slightly uphill and after the two longer opening efforts, she was pretty gassed. Her form looked good and despite the labored breathing, I tried to press the pace a little. This definitely wasn't her best workout and based on look, I'm sure she didn't feel all that well. We took an easy cool down home and called it a morning.

We were in a bit of a rush because of the need to get to breakfast. Last night we told my dad that breakfast would be consumed at 10 am. If we said a specific time, then that means my dad will hold us to it. During my time at Brown it was always, "early is on time, on time is late, and late is early for tomorrow." So true in the Kinley household. We rushed to get out of the door at 9:50 so that we could be arriving at the steps of Hash House at 10 am for breakfast.

Breakfast didn't disappoint. Check out Meagan's blog for some pictures of our meal. Note that the plates were actually serving platters so proportions may not actually seem that big. They were!

Later in the family went to Coronado Island for a couple of hours. The main attraction was the Hotel Del Coronado which is a must see when visiting San Diego. We took a quick tour of the beach and dipped our toes in the Pacific Ocean. Not warm.