On December 17th Becky Smith ran in the
Celtic Solstice 5 miler Running Race in Baltimore, MD. After careful analysis
of Normalized Graded Pace (NGP) during previous running races, she and her
coach (Karen Mackin) determined that she might improve her results by easing up
a little going up the hills, working the flats and slight downhills a little
more. So this was her goal for this race. Becky explains "I was pretty
happy with my finish... I definitely feel like the strategy worked. I felt like
I had much more left at the end of the race!". Coach Karen added "It
is really great to have such good tools (WKO+ and NGP) available to assist in
race strategy planning. Becky really improved on her pacing at this race!"
Dec 20, 2011