dashing on dots

First of all, I need to work on my punctuality. The drive time from Mountain Home to Boise is always a crap shoot, you never know how long it's going to take. Today I was late and that resulted in an abbreviated warm up. I ran 4 X 5 dots, or equal to 4 X 1/2 mile with 2 dots (.2 miles) recovery. I went 2:34, 2:36, 2:37, 2:39 for a 2:36 average. I started out way too fast on the first one and had dry heaves toward the end of the 3rd one. I was content with the day, but would like them to all be sub 2:30 and a little more consistent next time. Legs aren't too beat up tonight, but I'm a little sleep deprived, so I need to work on that.

Looking forward to the 30K race on Sunday. The McMillan calculator estimates that I can run 1:53:56 (6:07 pace) based on my current fitness and projects a 2:44:06 marathon. So, I will shoot for that as my goal. If all goes well at Payette Lake it will be on to the City of Trees Marathon on October 5th and possibly the Memphis Marathon on Dec.6th, where I'll likely be gunning to run under 2:40.

I'm off to get the most out of my potential 5 1/2 hours of sleep......

Happy trails to everyone.

Dave