Turkey Tea Course Comparison

It's been a while since my last post, and the simple reason for that is I haven't really had anything to write about! I've pretty much covered any technical running issues that I feel educated enough to speak on, and it's hard to write on the mental/motivational side of running too frequently without it feeling repetitive. For this post, I am going to break down the differences between the normal route for the Turkey Tea 10k race on Thanksgiving weekend, and the modified route that will be used this year due to construction on Commonwealth Avenue. The data below is from my 2017 Turkey Tea race (standard course) and a training run that I did yesterday morning (modified course). For each kilometer, I am providing 3 pieces of information: - a picture of the course map, with the kilometer highlighted in blue. - a picture of the course elevation profile, with the kilometer highlighted in dark gray. - a picture of my kilometer splits, with the time, the elevation ga...