Freethinker ~ Freerunner

I ran twelve this morning at a 7:59 pace, which was about as easy as I could make my self run.  I felt a little bit of a soreness in my right achilles after I got home from work last night, so I decided that taking it easy would be prudent this morning.  When I got out of bed this morning it felt good, but I still wanted to play it safe.   

It felt so nice out at 52 degrees with a little bit of wind out of the north.  These are the Sunday morning long runs that I live for.  

Easy three this morning.  I felt pretty sore from the Saturday speed workout and the twelve mile long run on Sunday.  I used to take a lot of Mondays as optional rest days, but I've been trying to be more diligent about sticking to the easy three to let the lactic acid out of my legs from the day before.  

I ran six this morning at a 7:20 AP, which I'm considering to be relatively fast for my current level of training.  I think the temperature was about 48 degrees when I started just a few minutes after 6 this morning.  

7:30

7:29

7:15

7:31

7:08

7:06

I ran seven this morning for my mid-week MLR at a 7:33 AP.  I originally thought that I would go a little easier, but I felt good after the first two miles at 7:40 that I decided hold it at that level.  

I hadn't weighed myself in several months because Alisha moved our scale to a less convenient place.  I usually hold pretty steady in my weight, and I have been logging it at my last measured weight at 152 for the past few months.  I was surprised to find my weight today at 148.  In order to compensate I made some grits with my bagel egg sandwich this morning, and packed some extra calories in my lunch as well.

I ran 4 1600's at my 5k race pace this morning.  

Splits: 

6:24

6:29

6:21

I ran one mile to warm up at an 8:36 AP and a little over half a mile to cool down at a 7:37 AP.

I will do this workout one more time next week, and about 6 800's the week of the race. Hopefully I will be able to pull off another PR at Full Moon.