it has been almost three weeks since i last updated. i probably had better do this in backward order, but for clarity sake, i'll try to still make the end product flow in chronological order. the first (oldest) updates might be kind of shaky, though.
week of may 28th:
monday-wednesday on last post. mileage was 6-0-8
thursday-saturday... can't really remember... but definitely one day off and probably two 6 mile runs. i vaguely know the weekly mileage.
sunday: 11 mile, hilly long run. this went really well, though my legs were really wiped by the end. went out wall street to kane to woodley, took the first left up a crazy hill and then turned right and came back on spring creek to the house. by the end it was hard to keep my pace around 7:40 because my legs were tired from the hills. it felt like a really good effort.
total: 37 miles in 5 days.
week of june 4th:
monday: 7 miles easy. legs tired from sunday's long run, but generally pretty good.
tuesday: off
wednesday: 5 miles easy. ran over to d&d's house to discuss training and it was quite hot...didn't end up getting in quite as much mileage as i had planned because we ended up talking quite a bit more, which was okay.
thursday: 6-7? not sure...
friday: off. at the state meet.
saturday: 6 miles easy in the arb before graduation
sunday: 10 miles. this was a comically awful run. in the first 1/2 mile, i could tell my legs were heavy in a dead way, not an "i'm going to perk up eventually and feel much better" way. about 1 mile in, i almost turned around to change shorts because i could tell that mine were chafing, but decided to go with it. meanwhile, my stomach was kind of intermittently hurting - nothing threatening, but just a little hurty. then, about 4 miles in, i got a side stitch of the major, not going away, nothing you can do about it variety. i'd run for a while and then stop and try to stretch it out and it would feel better for a bit and then come right back. i'm not sure i should really get credit for this run, but i suppose i did cover the distance, which is worth at least something.
total: ~34-5 miles in 5 days.
last week:
monday: 6 in the arb. decent pace, probably around 8:00 or a little over, but my legs did not feel good. this had me a little nervous to be doing a workout the next day with dave, but i figured we'd just see what happened. i also got the side stitch again that had plagued me during sunday's long run, so that was a bit concerning.
tuesday: 8 miles. best workout in a really really long time. we went back out to the end of the arb and headed up the hill to sciota. i did the first mile as just a warm up and then stretched a bit before starting. my instructions were to get my heartrate around 170-180, erring on the lower side earlier, and roughly that should translate to 7:00 pace. My HRs ended up staring around 170, and then gradually creeping up to 191 for the last mile, but my paces were crazy! 6:48, 6:54, 6:55, 6:48, 6:31, 6:40. During the 6:31, I had to stop and tie my shoe, so it was actually a 6:41. As a reminder, the first mile is downhill, the second mile is a bit rolly, and then after that, it's pretty much completely flat. I felt good the whole time and like I could have possibly done a 7th mile, but I could feel my form starting to fall apart a bit, which for me, tends to mean sitting. I tried to max my HR after the workout, but I could only get it up to 196, which was weird. Oh well. It did help that the weather was finally good - 53 at workout time. All in all, a great day!
wednesay: off - traveling
thursday: off - traveling
friday: off - traveling
saturday: 6 with kelsey in the arb. very nice to have someone to run with, but legs felt stiff from 2 long flights in 3 days and a day on my feet for 6 hours.
sunday: 10 at around 7:45. dundas, baby, dundas. this went really well until the very end when i started to get a side stitch again...this is getting crazy. i'm wondering if my back is tight and this is what is causing me to get more side stitches than normal. i may have to get the hubs to give me a backrub!
total: 30 in 4 days. not ideal, but this was a bit of a crazy week with the last minute travel.
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