8:10 AP. I intended to do some tempo/threshold work midweek but I am very tired and stressed, and decided it would just feel nice to go on a longish, relaxing run, so I bribed Brandon with lunch at Red Robin to watch Vanessa for a few hours and about 10:00 took off. It has been a long time since I visited my beloved rolling dirt roads due to always having to run in the dark(I stick to the nearby housing additions) or having a stroller in tow. Oh how I miss them! I had a lovely run, and was joined for a while by one of my favorite dogs(I call him Angel because he is old and white). My treadmill is still broken--I am getting ready to make some phone calls about that. I am not sure about my goal pace for the quickly approaching marathon anymore. I think I have made some training mistakes this round, but you never know unless you experiment. I may be doing good just to PR by a few minutes. We shall see. I don't foresee it being much of a breakthrough. I have decided that for me, speedwork is more or less worthless and threshold work is much more effective and what I really need. Hill work, however, has some benefits and is something I would still like to incorporate somewhat. I ran my "easy" runs too hard, and was not fresh enough to nail some of the harder workouts or long runs. The sad part is that I have pulled off much better performances in training than in any of my recent races, which is a sign of a problem! I think for Houston I am going to get back to the 12-week training schedule I used for the Eisenhower marathon--albeit modified for a faster goal time. I also need to clean up my diet--I started that today. I have really sorta slipped into eating like crap for a while.
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