faster with age

We stayed Sat. and Sun. nights at my parents house in sandy We had another get together mon. for my wifes family. I went for a 13 mile run mon. morning from my parents house in Sandy. I ran 5 miles to where saturdays 5k was in draper. then around the course and back  to their home. My miles were mostly between 8:00 and 8:30 for the first half. My dad came out on his bike and started riding with me at about mile 9. Mile 11 I picked up the pace to 7:44. I got a drink from my dads water bottle then went through some sprinklers right after. It felt so good I picked up the pace and did mile 12 in 6:32. Mile 13 I was still feeling good and finished it off in 6:13. Not sure what got into me those last 2 miles It wasn't planned but it was feeling good so I went with it. Overall pace 7:59.

This morning I did 26 miles on my road bike.

PM   5 mile run easy.

    I finally found a minute to catch up my blog. Hopfully we'll have a new computer soon. This morning I did 7.5 miles at 8:43 pace. I  plan to run a little more later on.

PM   Ran 3 more miles easy.

I ran 8 miles this morning after 2 miles I did 5 x 1000 at around 5k pace with 400 recovery run between. I hit 3 of them in 3:51, 1 in 3:49, and 1 in 3:52. Overall pace for 8 was 7:42.

PM ran 2 easy miles.

I went for a 26 mile bike ride this morning. I intended for it to be a recovery day after doing some speed work yesterday and planning a 20 mile run for tomorrow but I felt pretty good and pushed the pace more than I should have. I kept telling myself to take it easier and finally after 21 miles I eased off a bit for the last 5. Usually 2 hard days in a row means tired legs on the 3rd day so I guess I may have to play it by ear tomorrow on my long run and cut it short if I have to and do it Monday. For me forcing a long run on tired legs is a good recipie for injury. Afterward I ran 4.5 miles easy pace w/o a watch.

PM ran 2 miles easy.

I did 20 miles this morning. It started out nice and cool [around 52] but quickly warmed up when the sun got up. I was feeling a little beat around 8 miles where I turned back toward home but had to go at least another 8 to get home. after 16 I didn't feel any worse so I went ahead and finished out the 20 I had planned. Felt good to be done today and for the week. 8:13 pace.