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Well, Pete, I don't think I'm going to listen to you

November 2, 2015 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Swim

Comments:
After speedbuild and yoga--muddling through some new drills and positions lead by Sarah and Ben Decker respectively:
100m warmup
50-25-50-75-50-25-50m, 25m breaststroke recoveries
Aqua-running:
2-minute cruise
4x1-minute at 3k
2-minute cruise
6x15-second knife edges, 15 second recoveries
2-minute cruise

I didn't run today because I am in full taper mode for my own, personal championship. I've slept nine hours the past two nights, and am feeling pretty fresh. Standing around awkwardly in my bathing suit while everyone else was finishing, because I didn't want to go to Driscoll alone, Pete and I had a little chat about the race (against myself). I said I wanted to run the first mile aggressively and just go for it and he was all, "Ehhhhh, actually you should just aim for 5:20 because then you can run with a pack and that'll probably be more fun, but I guess you've got nothing to lose . . . except that everyone will laugh at you." THANKS COACH!

So that just makes me all the more eager to split anything but 5:20 for the first mile. Anthony constantly told me that I needed to go out relaxed and that's supposedly been the key to all my best races; but surely the number of times I've gone out conservatively and run well is (at least) equal to the number of times I've gone out conservatively, not sped up and then been incredibly annoyed afterwards. Isn't it? If it's between running 5:12 and thinking, "Wow, I'm running really well" and then fading a bit in the later laps and running 5:20+ and thinking, "Oh I can just maintain this," and most likely decelerating, I'm inclined to choose the former. Still, Pete may have a point. Mark, Belber? Perspectives on this?