I am one with the levee and the levee with me

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Location:

North Salt Lake,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 12, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

1500m - 3:59.9h (2014)

5000m - 14:53.45 (Portland Track Festival 2014)

8k XC - 25:09 (Sundodger 2011)

10k XC - 31:31 (WWU Invite 2011)

HM - 1:10:19 (Houston 2018)

Marathon - 2:28:39 (Houston 2019)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Personal:

Married, working, training. While my wife has nixed all future attempts to grow glorious mustaches, she has been supportive of my crazy running dreams. Life is good.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	35.40
Mizuno Ekiden Lifetime Miles:						274.65
Flyknit Streaks Lifetime Miles:						419.25
Flyknit VFs Lifetime Miles:						80.50
Ride 14 Lifetime Miles:						652.85
Ride 15 Lifetime Miles:						278.70
Ride 15 X2 Lifetime Miles:						53.00

Wed, Sep 23, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	11.00

After a week to let my body attemperate, I attempted another tempo session today. It wasn't as disastrous as last week, but it was still defeating. I know it's just the heat, but I feel like I've aged 20 years or gained 7000 ft. of altitude or gone 7 months backwards in my training. 2 weeks ago I was hitting 5:15s for tempos and 3:00 for 1k repeats. I have to keep reminding myself that.

My goal today was to run slow enough to not die. Almost made it.

I warmed up 3 on the levee and then started out. 3x2miles @ tempo w/ 2:00 rests. First 2 in 11:13 (5:41, 5:32). Not too bad. Next 2 in 11:18 (5:40, 5:38). Worse. The last 2 were into a stiff wind and I struggled. 11:39 (5:47, 5:53). I was absolutely floored by the end.

Low 80s and high humidity, it wasn't even as bad today.

LunaRacer 3 Miles: 11.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Jason D on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 17:35:43 from 139.84.48.251

High humidity is hard to run in even when you get a yearly dose of it.

Basically I have learned that I have to run most workouts progressively, even if the first repeat or two feels fine. Things can quickly go south. I also don't run "fall" workouts in the summer.

It sounds like you are also doing the right thing by reminding yourself that the humidity is slowing you down and the paces don't reflect current fitness. It's difficult to do when the watch tries to suggest otherwise.

Good luck with the conditions.

From Tyler on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 18:02:54 from 144.46.104.12

Thanks man. When you get to cooler conditions, do you find that things "click" and you can run a regular pace?

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