Dixies Dashing Diary

Fantastic weather this morning. The coolest and most comfortable I've run in months (in Florida!). Felt really good so I just ran whatever pace felt comfortable. I looked at my watch around 3 miles and I was right around 8. It didn't feel that fast so I just kept running to see what it would feel like to run race pace for a while. When I finished the run it turns out the whole run was sub marathon goal pace.

1. 8:08
2. 7:57
3. 7:59
4. 7:54
5. 7:46
6. 7:56
7. 7:47

Time: 5:50 pm  Total Time: 56:09 (7:55 avg)

Temp: 75  Humidity: 84%

2 mile warm up; 2 x 1 mile (6:57, 6:51), 3.19 mile cool down.

Time:  6:23 am  Total Time: 56:52 (7:55 avg)

Temp: 75º   Humidity: 89%

Ran easy 8 miler today. It's 9 pm and I'm already falling asleep. The run this morning was actually fairly cool.

Time: 5:53 am    Total time:  1:08:40 (8:09 avg)

Temp:  73.9    Humidity:  82%

Missed Monday so I needed today to catch up. Got out just before 6 am and got an easy 7 in. I'm really tired and sore. I've got to some how catch up on rest this weekend and get back to 7-8 hours of sleep this coming week.

I've been walking barefoot immediately after runs. Yesterday and today I've started to do barefoot strides (40-50 yards) just to freshen my legs and to see what it feels like to run barefoot. The legs definately feel better. I wish I had somewhere close by to run on grass, like a soccer field or something. I'll continue building and see how my feet and legs respond.

Time: 5:45 am   Total Time: 58:08 (8:11 avg)

Temp: 72º       Hmidity: 89%

Met up with Mark this morning at Longleaf. My legs felt really sore from the time I got up to the minute we started running. In classic Mark P style, we started out at a blazing 9:48/mile pace... and it felt wonderful! That first mile was almost like a message on my legs. I guess I'm so used to going out at 8:20 or below that I just don't really warm up properly anymore. Our second mile was only 30 or 40 seconds faster and then we settled into what became a fairly consistant pace right around 8. As we progressed into the run we kept dipping into the mid to high 7's. Our last four miles were: 7:58, 7:38, 7:19, 7:24. Fastest 16 miler I've done in years.

Time: 5:55 M  Total Time:  2:10:43  (8:05 avg)

Temp:  79º   Humidity:  77%