Patriot Half Race Report

[sgf726]

Hi Susan,
It was my coaches idea, he has had me use it on most of my long runs this spring. We either do 14/1 or 9/1. I plan to use the same strategy for the IM as it seems to work. He's position is it allows proper time to take in food and drink and a small recovery. I also find I can push it a little harder especially when approaching the aid station as I know I am getting a short break :-)

I haven't used it for shorter races (10K or less run) but it seems to work for the longer events. Last year I did my first HIM and I know its hard to compare as that was a much harder bike course, the run courses were similiar in difficulty and my run on that race was 14 minutes slower.