well, this week was a mixed bag. on the plus side - i had a really great workout on thursday and some other exciting things happened life-wise. on the minus side - those exciting things made my mileage and long run suffer (read: non-existent).
monday: easy 6 miles. arb was still pretty wet from last weekend's rains, so i went a different way to the end. a bit of a side stitch again.
tuesday: easy 5.5 in the arb - major side stitch that required some walking on the way home.
wednesday: off. decided that since i just keep getting these side stitches, maybe i need a day off to let it chill out.
thursday: 8 miles, 6 miles at half marathon pace. this workout went great. i was trying to simulate the hills in the middle of the half marathon, but i knew i was making it harder than the race actually would be. in spite of that, i still kept all of my miles between 6:45 and 6:55, even the most hilly ones. by the end, my legs felt tired muscularly, but other than that, i felt great. i clearly still need to keep working on my hill strength, but this was a very encouraging workout. i did get some slight pain in my side, but it never fully materialized as a side stitch, so that was good.
friday: 7.5 miles along the river road in the cities. this is a pretty approximate mileage, since i didn't measure it and went on time. also, my legs felt really good, so i kept having to make myself slow down. i was almost tempted to do my long run this day when i got to the 3 mile turnaround. by the time i got to around the 3.5 mile turnaround, i realized that was probably not the smartest plan. feeling good at 3.5 miles is not quite the same as feeling good at 11 or 12. also, it was relatively flat and i still had hopes of getting in a hilly long run. in hindsight, i probably should have just gone with it. absolutely no side stitch pain. woot!
sat and sun: OFF - sitting next to my cell phone, waiting on it to ring. not a good use of my weekend days, but that's what happened.
total: 27 miles in 4 days, no long run.
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