Chasing my Dreams

Ran with Tom in the afternoon. He wanted to run his training run pace, which I was fine with. It felt fairly easy, but my legs were extremely heavy for the first five miles or so. Not taking care of my legs after the long run last week really made a difference. I picked the pace up a little the last mile and a half or so. 6:27 average pace, which I'm pretty content with considering it being a Monday with my legs not feeling very good. 

I had a hard time getting going with my run this morning. I looked down at my watch a mile in and was startled to see 7 flat as my mile time. I picked it up and ran a 6:15 next mile. I then tried to relax into a pace, but it took a few more miles before I felt like I was able to lock something in. My lower legs were noticeable sore today, but they always seem to be as well. The last four to five miles were actually kind of therapeutic miles for me once I had the pace locked in. Running in Logan is a lot harder than running in West Point though. I averaged 6:21s for the whole run, which I am happy with. If you neglect the first mile, the rest of the run I averaged 6:16s.

Went out for a beautiful run with the sun setting after a day at school. My legs were tired, but I like feeling that way, and was able to put forth a solid effort. I ended up averaging 6:10s. 46:14 total time. My shoes might be going out as well.

My legs were pretty tired this morning, and it was hard to get them going. About half way through the run I decided to relax a little and just let the run happen. Ended up averaging 6:23s. I also think part of why my legs have been hurting this week may be because my shoes are shot. I checked and they have close to 550 miles, so I probably need to switch.

Went out in the early morning for some easy miles. I was surprised because I actually saw two runners out and about in the dark as well. I averaged 6:45s and it felt good. I broke out my new shoes, and they bothered my feet a little, but my legs felt better. I did a few strides afterwards to get my legs moving.

I did a light mile warm up with Tom and Rob. I had absolutely no idea on how to approach this race because of all of the hills, so I just went with what made sense. I felt nice and relaxed the first couple of miles, and then on the uphills I mostly just tried not to die. I took the hills a little easier than in the 10k. That additional hill really put things over the edge though. Obviously the uphill segments put my heart rate through the roof and really slowed me down, but the rest of the time I honestly felt pretty comfortable with the effort I was putting forth. I mostly just wanted a good effort anyways. 

I was able to get in 4 miles of really easy running after the race. My right foot tightened up pretty badly after the 10 miler itself, which I'm pretty sure is because of the shoes.