Preblast: Devil’s Turn Hill Route

Preblast: Devil’s Turn Hill Route

We are now 4 weeks out from BRR so we are hitting the hills for the next 3 weeks until the week of the event (when tapering should be in full swing).  As several of our PAX learned last weekend, the hills of the BRR are big and brutal.  We will do our best on the mighty hills of Piper Glen to prepare.

We will meet at 5:15 in the greenway parking lot at the corner of Rea Rd. and Bevington Place and proceed for a 1 mile warmup loop around the apt complex and south on Rea Rd.

The pace after the 1 mile warmup will be roughly “marathon” pace from http://runsmartproject.com/calculator/ .  Let’s call that the stretch goal pace and that should be your goal on DT Track Day.  For the hill route, there is some evidence that the pace slows 15 to 30 seconds per mile in pace.  So if you normally average 8:00 min/mile on DT track day, your average on the hill route may be 8:15 or 8:30 min/mile.

In an ideal world where we are all hill conquering beasts of nature, we could bring these two paces closer together.  Let’s see what we can do tomorrow.  Look back at your track day average paces and at your hill route average paces tonight.  Then let’s see what you do tomorrow and compare.  We will take note in COT.

See you tomorrow!