Another early morning.
Nothing really special about this run.
Monday PM: 5 Miles – 45:06 – Average Pace 9:01/mile
Went out to Gateway Park to get some trail miles in. According to the Garmin data, the 93 degree
temps felt like 101 degrees. I know my
body was really feeling it. Just 2 miles
in and I was feeling gassed. I really
enjoyed cruising on the trails despite all of the prick mountain bikers that
nearly ran me over. I was running in the
NB 1210’s and liked them for about 15 minutes.
After that, not so much. I made
it through the first loop and just cruised around the fields to get up to 5
miles and called it.
Tuesday: 6.09 Miles – 46:00 – Average Pace 7:33/mile
Tonight was really muggy.
Legs felt really tight for the first mile, but after that I got loosened
up and cruised. Everything was going
really well until 3 miles in and my stomach started to disagree with the fact
that I was out running. I barely made it
home “safely” at 4 miles in. After a
brief pit stop, I went out for two more quick miles with the last mile in 6:47. I am really liking the fact that I am able to
get these sub 7 minute miles at the ends of my runs and not feel like I had to
really work for it. Progress.
Wednesday: Off
I felt really tired today after work. I decided that I just wanted to relax. Yep, felt like a slack ass.
Thursday: Off
Normal off day.
Enjoyed time with Christy.
Friday: 4.95 Miles – 1:36:48 – Average Pace 19:33/mile
Traveled to Colorado Bend State Park to camp for the
weekend, run and get my volunteer hours in for Bear. Dre and Don joined Christy and I for the
weekend. After we got camp set up, I got
ready to go for a run and Don said that he wanted to join me. Since Don is a former Marine and appears to
be in good shape, I figured he and I would be able to knock out some easy
miles. We started off down the trail at
around 11 minute pace and Don appeared to be holding ok. Once we started climbing, it became apparent
that Don was struggling and wasn’t expecting what he signed up for. I eased in to a decent powerwalk and took it
easy while Don caught his breath. As the
climb mellowed out, we started running again, but was short lived. I decided in the end that it was best to only
hike the remainder of the trail. My
mileage was cut short for the day, but it was cool getting to know Don better.
Saturday AM: 5.01 Miles – 43:42 - Average Pace 8:44/mile
Set out this morning on my own to run the course from
yesterday to see how I could do on my own.
I’ve been wanting to see how my legs would feel on some techy uphill,
and I feel pretty good about them. This
section of the race course is pretty rugged.
Not really the most taxing in elevation gain, but the footing is pretty
sketchy. Once through the 3 (ish) miles
of uphill, It’s a 2 mile bomb on dirt road to the bottom. Closed with a 6:22 final mile.
Saturday PM: 3.42 Miles – 1:30:47 – Average Pace 26:33/mile
Simply a hike with the crew down to see the amazing Gorman
Falls. Explored a little bit and headed
back up.
Total Miles: 30.49
Total Time: 6:10:59
I’m not exactly excited about my training this week, but not
disappointed either. I spent and additional
10 hours on my feet setting up and running an aid station on Saturday night which
could be some sort of training I suppose.
Regardless, it felt awesome to give back to the scene. I had thoughts of running the 7 miles from my
station back to the start, but with my headlamp broken, I had to take the easy
road back. I’ll be working in Michigan
for the next 2 weeks, and I hope that I will be able to stay consistent on my
training. I really need to push hard for
the next 3 weeks before I can begin my taper for Bear.
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