This morning I ran with the Striders.We left the parking area around 6:30 am and headed out into the Starkey wilderness. Saw a young buck this morning. Someone saw a baby bob cat. I was too busy looking out for the mama bob cat that I didn't really notice the baby. This was one of those days that I was both stupid and lucky. And let's face it, if you're going to be stupid it's always better to also be lucky. My stupidity was to go out with the group that was running much faster than I wanted or planned to run my long run. I have finally had success with my longer runs (12-15 miles) but only in recent weeks and only when I've started out slow (8:45-8:55/mile). Today after the first 4 miles, my slowest mile was an 8:09. Now for Sasha and the Salt Lake City crowd that's not saying much. For me, however, that's screamin fast. I really would like some one to weigh in on what your long run pace should be in relation to your race pace. Speak up because I really don't want to get injured and I really don't want to run slow the rest of my life. There's got to be a happy medium. My last 8 mile splits were: - 8:07
- 8:03
- 8:03
- 8:04
- 8:09
- 7:55
- 7:55
- 8:05
This was more of an extended tempo run than my weekend long run. I could barely keep running the last 2 miles. I wanted to stop because it was so hot. Diane was leading me in so I stayed on her tail till the 1 mile mark and backed it down a little. My luck: it was over cast the entire morning we were running. Had it been sunny, I would have had a long walk back to the parking lot! Time: 6:30 am Total Time: 1:45:51 (8:11 avg) Temp: 80.6ยบ Humidity: 84%
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