Run - Trail 10:00 [2] 1.6 km (6:15 / km)
(sick) shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI
warmup run on the Nipmuck before the familiarization run
Run - Trail (Trail Study - familiariza) 41:15 [4] 8.35 km (4:56 / km)
weight:75.3kg (sick) shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI
First of a pair of familiarizations runs for an upcoming UConn Trail Running study I'm a guinea pig in. Looking objectively at dehydration and performance by staging (4) 7.5 mile runs - 2 a race pace, 2 at training pace. Each run is (3) 2.5 mile loops at Mansfield Hollow SP with a 4 minute rest while they poke prod and measure you. Each runner will run on of the race pace runs dehydrated, the other with measured hydration. Only ran two loops today to learn the course, next week will do another 3 loops, of which one loop will be at race pace to determine which of 5 seeded groups will be placed into - so basically I won't be running with the young NCAA runners (thank god). I'll probably run the course a few more times before the race series in June. Should be fun...