Weekend Briefing HP03

HP03 bought new kicks on Friday (apparently, running is not as cheap as she remembers). They are not the red ones she saw online and will, unfortunately, clash with the tankinis.

Training: HP03 loves her snooze button and as a result, was forced to power through the midday heat to complete a killer 12 mile run on Saturday at a pace of just over 9 minutes. HP03 needs to slow her roll. She is aiming for a 10:30 training mile, 90 seconds slower than race pace. Maybe she should continue to train in the 9 minute range and make her race pace 7:30 for a 3:20 marathon. Or not.

HP03 sucked down her first goo packet, aka PowerBar Power Gel, this weekend. It was like eating a hot fudge sundae in the middle of a run and it was goo-d. Fingers crossed that she escapes the goo packet addiction that afflicted her boy-fiend this time last year.

Despite the above accomplishments, HP03 took a solid three steps back on Saturday night, by attempting to rehydrate with vodka in lieu of water. Prefontaine would be aghast.