May the Mass x Acceleration be with you

10.7 miles on Vickory in 1:17:53 (7:17/mile)

I meant to run 10, but I wasn't paying attention and, before I knew it, I had overshot by a bit.Felt pretty good, through in a few surges just to make things interesting.

Splits: 7:40 - 7:36 - 7:29 - 7:20 - 7:20 - 7:10 - 7:10 - 6:52 - 7:04 - 7:06 - 5:07 (7:17/mile)

Easier run on trails - 6.35 miles in 50:30 (7:57/mile)

Splits: 8:13 - 8:08 - 7:56 - 7:57 - 7:51 - 7:42

Cool and rainy. Lots of rain. It stopped after 8 miles, though. And then started a couple minutes later. Good to get out and run in the rain, even though I wanted to hide in my cubicle.

Splits:7:42 - 7:34 - 7:25 - 7:27 - 7:16 - 7:34 - 7:19 - 7:32 - 7:32 - 7:44 - and some other stuff

Warmup jog with 1x2 min @ 15k pace.
Ran the 2 min part in 6:25/mile pace.

WeycoTurkey Trot - 3.8 miles in 23:57 (6:18/mile)

Fun race, the course was good. A little slick due to recent rains, and lots of leaves on the grounds. Also, a few hills and some windy trails. The course was two loops around the campus. Mostly on trails, one segment was on the road. Also had to run down a short stairway at the beginning of each loop, and up a couple short stairways at the end of each loop.

This was a predict-your-pace race. Since I haven't been training for a race, just building up my mileage, I really had no way of knowing what to shoot for. Also, I ran 10 miles yesterday, so wasn't exactly tapered to run fast. And I was racing in my regular running shoes, not racing shoes. I decided to shoot for something around 6:15/mile, but pad it a little bit. When I found out the course was 3.8, not 3.5 like I had originally thought I added another 2 minutes to my prediction, thus padding my time even more. Long story short, I was aiming for 24:10.

There were about 30 of us, half runners and half walkers. There was no competition for me to speak of. I shot out in the lead and led the whole way. I won the race by about 4 minutes.

Given the course, conditions, my training and lack of condition, all coupled with the fact I didn't get to wear a watch, I was quite happy with how things came out. I missed my goal time by 13 seconds - but I was 13 seconds too fast, so I'm really not crying about it. Also, I ran very evenly - 11:59 the first half and 11:58 the second half! All in all I feel pretty good about it. The rain held off until seconds after I finished. I was the only one who didn't have to get wet.

Cooldown

I jogged around the building, under cover for my cool down, to stay dry. I ran the first two laps with John, and the other two by myself. I'm not sure if the pace is accurate, I thkn the GPS has trouble so close to the building. The first mile was in 9:22, and the last 0.1 was at 7:10 pace?

7xLM, 12.1 miles on Military Road in 1:31:40 (7:35/mile)

Pretty nice, easy longish run today. Felt surprisingly good considering I ran in a race yesterday. I guess that indicates I didn't go too hard yesterday. Still up in the air about the Sunday Turkey Trot.

After the first 11.1 miles I stopped at the gym to do some strength work then jogged the rest as a cool down.

Splits: 7:49 - 7:36 - 7:30 - 7:34 - 7:19 - 7:25 - 7:27 - 7:26 - 7:24 - 7:40 - 7:34 - 8:08

Woo hoo, I passed 2200 miles for the year, yesterday I guess. Should be able to get another couple hundred before the end of the year.

6.03 mile son Vickory in 46:06 (7:39/mile)

I was just a tad sore in my quads today, probably from the race two days ago. Still up in the air about the race tomorrow, but I'm leaning against doing it. I don't think I'll have time.

Splits: 8:05 - 7:45 - 7:34 - 7:35 - 7:34 - 7:23