I think I've really dropped the ball with my Long Run training. For various reasons, some acceptable, some probably less acceptable, I haven't done a consecutive long run (Last Sat. I got in 16, but it was a double) in 4 weeks. That, combined with the 5 days I took off this week .... and I'm suddenly feeling strong. Runners certainly can be fickle people though. A couple days ago I was feeling quite confident, but today's run ... well, the only positive about it was that I finished it without shaving any off. However, I did need to stop a number of times for water, but it was 75 degrees and relatively humid.
1pm, 75 degrees, breezy and humid. Did 21.25 today in 2:42:35 (7:39s). First 6.5 in 50:51 (7:49s). Stopped here for Gu. Next 3.5 flat to slightly downhill on grants trail in 24:17 (6:56s). Stopped here for water. The 3.5 back up the trail was in 26:37 (7:36s). I ran this portion with some guy I started talking to who was a marathoner as well. At the top I ran about .4 miles down the road and stopped at the public library for some water. I stopped one more time for water in the last section and stopped about 2 miles out to talk to a police officer sitting in her car that I knew. The last section was 7.75 in 1:00 (7:45s).
Not much good to say about this run except that I was able to finish it. Definitely one of those days that leaves me feeling that hitting a sub 3 at Boston is not even remotely close to possible. There will be other days in the next 4 weeks I'm sure that I will feel it is within reach. Just got to chalk this one up to some mistakes I've made over the last month in my traning and fix those mistakes over the next month. | 