Craig Hudman - Simply Live

I went and ran track with my daughter and helped her do her workout while getting in some quality miles. Not sure if I'll do intervals tomorrow now.

Looked up my splits from yesterday.

1 - 7:38

.31 - 2:12 (7.09)

2 - 6:03

3 - 6:10

4 - 6:08

5 - 6:07

6 - 6:07

7 - 6:02

.57 - 2:41 (4:45) 100m strides

overall 7.88/49:13/6:15 

Decided against intervals today. Legs are still tired from yesterday. 6 pretty easy miles around 7:30 pace then picked up last 2.5 to MP. Did not feel real smooth and I have a lot of tension in my neck again. Overall 8.5 in right about an hour.

Absolutely beautiful day. I'm glad it's so nice because I'm really sick of the gym. Nice to be running outside regularly now. 

Felt a lot better than yesterday. Legs started rolling and felt good. Wind got me on a few miles, that and the hills took me out of pace. Low energy when I got done but I know that's more of a fueling issue because I don't take anything on these types of runs. 10.5/69min/6:36

My daughter's Jr. High track coach had them try to do another hard workout yesterday and they have a meet today?? I told her next time to not listen to him and that she shouldn't do two or three hard days in a row. Next time he wants them to do 100's or 200's after a 400 repeat day to run them slow. I figured I could skip helping on Tuesdays but maybe not. 

Ahhh the beauty of a taper. Today is the first time my legs are starting to feel "perky". Ran just enough to make me want to bounce off the walls. Too much energy....

5/34:08 Started slow ended close to  MP 

14/1:29:58/6:26

2@7:30 Warm up

8@6:10 Fast MP

1@5:54

1@5:40

2@6:58 Cool Down

Needed one last tempo run. Felt good once I got rolling. Overall not sure what to think about my fitness level right now. I feel I'm in good shape and maybe more 1/2 marathon shape than full right now but we will see. I'm super comfortable on any run up to 20 miles at a pretty hard pace but that extra 10K has me worried. I've broken down badly in two of the three marathons I've ran and it's always been in the 18 mile range when it happens. Hopefully I can get fueling and hydration right and my fitness is there. 

Not what I had planned on today. I was hoping for a quality 13 mile run and instead ended up running half that amount with my wife. She's is having a horrible time and all this time without a house is really wearing on her. She broke down right in the middle of it and it was a tough run to get through mentally.