A Giant's Foray

Basic Green Lake run again, but I threw in a tempo mile to spruce things up; ran the mile in 6:42, felt pretty exhausted after it, though that's probably a function of the roommate reunion I had last night. Heart rate was higher than normal too, hence the slower base pace. 

 Feel solid, though the left ankle was acting up a little. I think I just need to get my stride mechanics down.

Total time was 45:11, or 7:53 a mile.  

Basic lake run again, 5.75 in 46:55. Big thing about this one was how great it felt. Took about 3 miles, but once the cobwebs were off, I felt so awesome running out there. Think I fixed my ankle mechanics with my stride. No nagging pains other than that, so I think I'm going to add up to 6 runs this week, up from 5. I'm totally digging this gradual thing.

Basic lake run again, with a couple small strides tossed in. Love the feel of those. Legs were toast because of spinning earlier, and today (Wed.), quads are a little tight from all the action. Oh well, time to hydrate, etc.! Ankles are getting better as my stride improves, which is fantastic, though I need to stop having stimulants (read: coffee) before I run... screws up the heart rate examination (though I'm getting a good feel for what aerobic is on my own). Everything is still on track for six runs this week, and another mileage up next week.

 Think I'm going to throw a couple miles at goal-half-marathon pace for the Mercer Island half on the 21st; of course, with my goal only being sub-1:34:20 (breaking a soft PR),  it shouldn't be too hard of a task.

 All's good in running and life! Let's hope it continues! 

Threw a couple tempo miles into the normal lake run. Supposedly was going to go tempo, but went 6:51 (about what I was aiming for) and 6:19 (way too fast). Shockingly, I felt less tired after this run then the others I've done, which is a good sign that I've been working the aerobic zone as I ought to. Can't believe I'm two weeks from a half-marathon, should be fun! 

Another basic lake run. Felt really good aerobically. 46:33, looking forward to keeping it up! Went at night, definitely got a little chillier, though the weather looks like its turning for the better. Can't wait for the weekend! Stupid memo will be done for legal writing, too!

Did the 1.2 miles each way to and from the lake at steady aerobic/recovery pace, and did a little test-drive around the lake itself, going a steady tempo pace without breaking out any huge bursts or huge sustained sprinting. Definitely a little exhausted, but did the roughly  3.22 miles around in under 22 minutes, and was easily able to make it back to the apt. without losing pace, and felt fully recovered within a twenty minutes/thirty minutes of finishing.

An amazing, amazing sign for the half in two weeks, I was thinking about aiming lower than 1:35, but I'd like to aim for it still. Now just to make sure I keep on doing aerobic miles, and don't fall into a speed trap!

 Now, to give this legal memo the spit polish and shine I'm known for! 

Another basic lake run in 46:33. Was thankfully able to control myself. Felt really good despite the hard effort yesterday, and for my 7th day in a row, I have no really ill effects. 41 miles for the week, and I'm going to increase a little next week while cutting back to six days; probably going up to 44ish (7.5-8 on Monday, and 11.5 on Saturday). Week of the race, I'll probably just do M-W, F, and light couple miles on Saturday. Looking forward!