Met at Jordan river parkway for my long run. Ran together for the first 15 and finished the last 7 alone. The plan was to stay relaxed and just have it be a long run, time didn't matter. When I was alone though I started to push. A biker passed me and I couldn't hold back the competitive juices. He was not going that fast so I decided to try to catch him. It took about a mile to catch him and I passed him about a half mile from my turnaround at Gardner village. The 3.5 miles back to 5300 S. were good because I had a good tail wind. Last 7 miles were 48:12 and total run 2:42:12. Went home and did an ice bath and drank a boost. This gave me my 120 MPW I was shooting for. I now have hit 90, 100,110, 120, and next week I will hit 130 before I start a taper. Fitness level is getting better, but don't think I'm as ready as I was last year for Boston. I had 3 weeks of 120's 3 weeks out. My other concern is that some of my days have more than 2 workouts in them making the overall runs shorter. To make up for this I'm trying to run them a little faster. |