Saturday, February 9, 2008
11.6 miles, mostly at a brisk, almost tempo, pace. I did my normal long run out and back, planning to do 10 but ready to do less or more depending on how I felt. As it turns out, I didn’t feel that good, and began to consider turning around at the three mile mark. I didn’t, though, and when I reached the four mile mark was surprised to find myself continuing down the road rather than turning back. Well, what the hell, I didn’t feel that great, but at least my legs weren’t sore. On the run back, I concentrated on keeping the turnover rate quick and the mechanics smooth. The roads were very slick, because there was a total snowpack on the road surface due to a foot of snow in the last two days, combined with temperatures right around the freezing mark all day and light snow/freezing rain throughout the run. I figure the slick roads are worth about 15 seconds per mile, which makes the overall pace of today’s run quite gratifying. I kept the pace quick all the way home, and stripped off the windbreaker, t-shirt and bandana at my house, then went out for another 1.6 easy miles for a cooldown wearing just a thermal shirt. This was definitely my best run so far. 8:21, 8:35, 7:28, 8:57, 8:33 (41:55 out), 8:18, 8:09, 8:06, 7:27, 7:50 (39:50 in!, 81:45 for 10.0 miles)
Today marks the end of my first 13 weeks training, and I’m pretty much on schedule. Total 364 miles over 91 days (exactly 4.0 miles per day).
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