The GOOD..THE BAD...& THE UGLY!!
That's how I summarize my run for today. Which do you want to hear about first... OK the BAD... well the bad news is that I did not reach my desired distance of 15 miles for today.
However...
The GOOD news is that my endurance did not prevent me from accomplishing my goal. My wife had an appointment and I had to cut my run short. I felt really good through about 10 miles, and even at the end I knew I could have gone another 3 miles feeling decent. I was not trying to go any faster than normal (i.e. close to 10 min. 30 sec. / mile pace), however at the end I realized that I averaged a 9 min 45 sec. / mile pace with a HR average of 143. Pretty cool... my fastest mile. Here are my splits:
9 min 14 sec / mile at 140 HR
9 min 01 sec / mile at 143 HR
9 min 39sec / mile at 145 HR
10 min 03 sec / mile at 141 HR
9 min 41 sec / mile at 143 HR
9 min 47 sec / mile at 143 HR
10 min 02 sec / mile at 141 HR
10 min 07 sec / mile at 144 HR
10 min 09 sec / mile at 142 HR
9 min 28 sec / mile at 146 HR - Note I started picking up the pace at this point b/c I knew I was going to have to cut my run short and wanted to get in at least 12 if possible.
9 min 45 sec / mile at 150 HR
9 min 59 sec / mile at 147 HR
The UGLY news??? well that is I did not get out of bed this morning (4:30 AM) and run early like I usually do. I let the lazy bug get me and rolled over. Had I of gotten up, I could have accomplished my target goal. :-) Oh well that is the good thing about goals.... they remain there waiting for you to earn them!
Even better today at ballet class (for my daughter) I saw a guy with a 2007 Boston Marathon Jacket on! SWEET!!! Wow not only was I impressed, the jacket looked AWESOME. So I will never win a trophy running but in a year or two when I get to Boston I am going to get me one of those jackets... (maybe TWO!!). lol
Ok so to conclude this week... it was pretty awesome from a running perspective. Even better I can tell my body is getting used to the training. This is probably the first Saturday where I did not feel like I was "dead" and had to rest on Sunday. I am definitely going to rest but based on how I currently feel, I "could" get in some miles tomorrow..
Take care... until Monday...
Kevin | 