Arie's Running Blog

9:15AM, 58F, 70% humidity. This is the end of my cut back week. I went on the trail and did the main loop and the additional loop (together 3.7M) twice. I did it once counter clock-wise and then clock wise. Splits were 28:31 (7:42 pace) and 28:37 (7:44 pace). I didn't feel very strong but the pace was very good for this hard terrain. This coming week I'm going back to high millage and hills and speed work and all that fun.

0:57:07

9:30 AM it was cool and not humid but sunny. I ran to the east campus and did two loops. I wanted to go slow after my intense 7.4 miles yesterday. But I ended up running it in 7:50 which is a bit too fast for what I should have. I felt my legs all day. Tomorrow I'm going to do the 4.75 but add 5 hills repeats.

0:50:06

9:20AM 65F 70% humidity. Did my usual run and added 5 hill repeats. I did 0.75M to where the hill starts, raced up with knee lifting and jogged down 5 times. Then I went on to run the other 4 miles. My average pace on the running part was 7:58. Tomorrow just an easy run and speed work on Thursday.

0:37:53

9:10AM 65F sunny and nice. Did a nice run with medium effort. I felt good after a good night sleep last night. Pace seems constatly below 8 min/mile (today average 7:50). Tomorrow I am going to do speed work and I'm quite excited about it.

0:37:14

9:00AM 65F sunny and humid. Track speed work. Went to Duke's track to do 5 X 800m repeats. My intervals were 3:20, 3:20, 3:19, 3:22, 3:23. So it's quite good but a little bit slower than I was hoping for. I didn't have what it take to do 5 X 3:15 today. An easy run tomorrow, rest on Saturday and then a long run on Sunday.

 0:42:54

10AM, 70F, 80% cloudy and a drizzle. It was a nice run. My usual one again. Felt good and strong all the way. I need to build up my milage again and that's what I'm going to do starting next week. This week it will still be aroound 35M if I do my 12M on Sunday. Pace today was good too (7:49).

0:37:08