Freethinker ~ Freerunner

I over slept this morning by about an hour.  I usually leave the house at about 6:00 AM just before the sunrise.  This morning however I didn't make it out the door until about 6:50.  Having to run with the sun up from the beginning did not make it any easier running with slightly sore legs.  The result was that I ran 10 miles today at about the same pace that I ran 12 miles last week.  I'm really looking forward to relaxing the rest of the day, resting tomorrow and fully recovering so I can hit it hard again on Tuesday.  

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Distance: 10:02 miles

Time: 1:31:11

Average Pace: 9:06

Splits: 

8:30

8:22

8:33

8:45

8:41

9:26

9:48

9:52

9:44

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I ran 4 cruise intervals this morning.  I left the house at 5:45 before sun up.  It is so much better to get a 30 minute jump on the sun rise than to wait.  My area has a high today of 102 with a heat index of 112.  This morning it was only about 76.  I think I did much better this morning as opposed to one week ago.  Here are my splits:

6:20

6:27

6:20

6:46

My goal time was 6:19.  Not only did I get a little closer to hitting all four miles in my goal time, but I have to say that so far my legs feel much better post workout.  I was really worn out after last week, and I felt that the workout sent shock waves throughout the rest of the weeks workouts. 

In total I ended up running 6 miles.  1 warm up mile and about a half a mile to cool down.  Then I ran a little between each mile in recovery. 

I took it easy this morning.  Five miles at a an easy 8:32 pace with 100 meter strides in between each mile.  

Splits: 

9:33

8:48

8:11

8:06

8:10

2:50 (.35 mile cool down)

I'm having a little trouble keeping up with my Thursday schedule.  I felt a lot better than last week, but my legs are feeling a little too burnt out to keep up with the pace goal.  

Distance: 7:42 mi

Time: 1:01:36

Splits:

9:47

7:24

7:36

8:24

8:30

8:11

8:15

3:26 (.42 mi)

I ran nice and easy 9 minute miles this morning.  It was a good recovery run.  I think I need to spend a little more time warming up, because I noticed my muscles were pretty stiff feeling for the first two miles, and the I was able to open up and run a little faster for the last two.  I would have kept going but my schedule only called for 45 to 60 minutes today.  

I ran in a pretty heavy down poor for the first two and half miles.  It felt really nice.  It just sprinkled for the most part after that.  I also got my shoes totally soaked running through some moving water on a low spot on my trail.  All in good fun right.  

Distance: 

6:13 miles

Time: 0:57:24

Average Pace: 9:17

Splits:

9:30

9:26

9:37

9:39

9:11

9:00