11.2M in 78:24. 4 of the miles were 6:45 or better, so call those MP. Ran south on the OCA to Hastings and back. At 2pm, it was 80 deg, sunny, and comparatively dry. Avg pace 6:59, avg HR 153.
Felt good the first couple of miles and even threw in some pickups, even though this was supposed to be a long run. Starting losing energy around the 3rd mile but kept the pace under 7:00 until the 8th mile when I really started to struggle, but kept the pace 7:15 or under until the last mile, which was 7:30 and includes a hill. Especially lately it is unusual for me to positive-split a long run. I think the 1st half was 6:51/mile and the 2nd half 7:07/mile.
Felt exhausted after the run. I know I've been pushing it training-wise with both running and weights. Probably I am overtraining right now. I have a race in 16 days and I'd like to get in another hard week before easing up a bit the week before the race. Tomorrow is a planned day off, but maybe I should take two. We'll see.
My legs were shot and the 2nd half of the run I was having trouble with footing, which is a sure sign of leg fatigue. I was bouncing all over the place side to side and my ankles felt loose and floppy. This is from a combination of hard training, the weights from yesterday (unwisely did squats and lunges, which I just should not do, period), ongoing Achilles problems, dead shoes, and a slight turn of my left ankle which happened on Wednesday's run. Also I have bad blisters on both feet from the race Thursday. Very dehydrated afterwards as well. Triax (1): 356 + 300 est. Triax (2): 107
Adistar (1): 571 + 50 est. Adistar (2): 13
Cumulus: 273
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