I only run on days that end in a "y."

Easy/recovery run this morning. It was 68 degrees but the humidity was high.  I was still soaked when I got home.  Threw in some pickups at the end.  

This week is the start of taper - shooting  for 50 miles.

Ran from Barton Springs (1.5 miles) and joined the group for 10 on the trail, first 5 easy and last 5 at effort - 7:30's - 7:20's.  Nice dip in the pool.  Nice cool morning as well but still quite humid.

5 easy on the 1/2 mile trail loop near work.  Boring but it's a soft surface and gets me off of pavement.  Overall pace 8:40.

I have been running through some nerve pain on my left knee and some hamstring issues on my right leg.  I have not mentioned anything on the blog.  I have just been running through them.  Anyway, my PT - who is a miracle worker with runners - has banned me from speed work for the next 2 weeks.  At this point all the training has been put in and the little to be gained over the next couple of weeks is not worth the risk.  So instead of doing tomorrow's scheduled workout I will probably run some MGP or a bit faster.   10 miles tomorrow and 12 on Saturday with an easy 5 in between will get me close to 50 for the week.  35-40 next week and 20 or so the week of the marathon.  Hopefully the reduction will give me a chance to get close to 100% in time for the race.

Endurance/Stamina workout this morning.  Stayed close to home.  Knee and hammy felt fine, too.  90% humidity and mid 70's - got the heart rate going by the last 1000m for sure.. Mile warm-up to the track followed by 3 sets of 3x1000m.  First set at MGP, drop the second set to HGP, and finally the third set to 10k pace.  400m active recovery in between each 1000m - no stopping allowed during workout.  1 mile cool down back home.  This workout was probably harder running alone vs. running with the group.  Probably would have run a bit faster, too.  Oh well, the intent of the workout was to be able to mentally get through, so mission accomplished.

First set:

1000m @ 4:36 (7:24 pace), 1000m @ 4:30 (7:14 pace), 1000m @ 4:30 (7:14 pace)

Second set:

1000m @ 4:18 (6:55 pace), 1000m @ 4:18 (6:55 pace), 100om @ 4:20 (6:58 pace)

Third set:

1000m @ 4:14  (6:48 pace), 1000m @ 4:09 (6:40 pace), 1000m @ 4:09 (6:40 pace)

In other unrelated news my 7 year old son is really into me taking him to school on my motorcycle.  We only live a half mile away and travel on neighborhood streets and never exceed 30 MPH.  He even has his own helmet.  He really gets a kick out of it.

5 recovery miles on the dirt/mulch trail.  Wow was it muggy out there.  

Completely messed up this morning.  Seems the course and starting spot was changed and I did not hear about it.  My phone alarm did not go off and I woke up at 6:05 having to be downtown at 6:30.  I made it but when I showed up no one was there.  Fortunately Margaret who I run with also did not get the notice.  So we ran the course together.  We missed a turn and our 12 mile run turned into close to 13 miles. The plan was to run the last 6 @ MGP but we dropped the last 1.75 close to half marathon pace.

Good run nonetheless - it was nice getting to 6 miles and only having 6 more to go.  Splits:

8:27, 8:25, 8:25, 8:02, 8:09, 7:55. 7:57, 7:28, 7:35, 7:14, 7:12, 6:50, 6:50.