AM: Ran with Paul at 9:00. I tried to get up to run with Jon but didn't make it. I am not getting enough sleep nowdays. Pace was nice and conversational. Did some striders on the USU track.
Total Time: 57:12 (7:09 ave)
Ave HR: 157
PM: Ran with Paul and James in Blacksmith Fork Canyon. We parked near mile marker 14 and drove up between marker 3 and 4. We were dissapointed to see that we had a pretty stiff headwind coming down the canyon. We had illusions of cranking out some mile splits similar to what we will get in the Striders 1/2 marathon but the wind slowed us down. We wanted to do a warmup then do 4 miles fast. James and I ran together on the fast portion while Paul pulled away effortlessly. We did the 2.5 mile warmup with these splits: 7:15 pace for a half-mile (at that point we were on the TOU mile splits), 6:39, 6:35. For our fast miles, I wanted to see what marathon pace and 1/2 marathon pace (on a downhill course) felt like (6:00 to 6:20's).
We went: 6:15, 6:03, ~6:20, 6:05.
We ran the rest of the way out of the canyon under 7:00 mile average. I felt ok during the run. I was getting dehydrated, and I had to take a bio break during the third fast mile, but felt better for a while after. The last 2 miles were miserable. I need to figure out a better system to keep my stomach in check.
In all, I think I am on track to break 1:22 in the half with a good shot at breaking 1:20. It was a tough week finding time to run this much, and I need more sleep, but I survived and it turned out to be a great week.
Total Time: 1:14 (6:44 ave)
Ave HR: 165
Max HR: 182 (last fast mile)
67.3 miles this week (65 planned for next) | 