Ethan Cannon

Ran further than normal for a family bike/run. Glad the girls were great for it. 6:45 pace apparently, maybe a bit slower due to mapping innacuracies. Pretty humid outside but it was enjoyable. We ended up doing a weird loop essentially because I was expecting to get turned around by flooding on east river flats. That never happened and it didn't smell bad like I thought it would either so we went to the end of that and came back on east river road. 

Great overcast day for a run on Como classic, rain route (due to storms the past couple of days). 6:45 pace. 

This was to be my biggest workout between now and the marathon I have planned in August. For marathon training, it's just hard to get good specificity without putting in mileage worthy of a long run (I may have to start doing more real workouts in LRs). I started out with a 5 mile race pace* run from the bridge near the athletic complex, all the way to the playground on west river north. I tried to hit 5:40s, but didn't know what my pace would be until halfway, which I hit in 13:16 (5:19 pace). That was certainly more controlled than a tempo, but wasn't easy and I was glad to see I had been going too fast. Fatigue from the first part made running 5:38 pace the second half (27:20 or 5:28 pace total) harder. Took a total of <8 minutes off before running 2x1600 with what ended up being equal recovery. I was happy to hit the first lap in 70 seconds. I ended up running 4:43, followed by 4:39. Sure I closed hard, but the effort on the track to run that pace was surprisingly reasonable. I'm pleased with this workout. I'm reminded of my past observation that I feel like I can do a tempo, followed by track work, and feel basically fresh for the latter. We are at the time of year where morning weather in the low 60s feels really good out. 

6:43 pace coming back from east river road. In addition to the expected post-workout fatigue, I felt a unique stomach upsetness early on that eventually faded. My shoes were dirty, then they got wet from sweat one day, so I washed them out but they took days to dry. So I finally wore them today and they were still a little damp. Needless to say I'm ready to show them the door. 

Out with the old, in with the new in terms of shoes. And these ones don't leave you with that good new shoe feeling. Really, the Gel Nimbus 25s has been one of the biggest shoe flops I've experienced and was not a good look to me for ASICS which had its one chance to impress me here. Saucony all the way! 6:43 pace on farmers fields. Felt better today for sure but still a small tummy ache at the beginning.

I meant to go 17 but apparently did 17.9. 5:54 pace overall, 5:48 on the way back from east river road and hidden falls park. Didn't think I was going that fast. The new half tights worked quite well. Despite being drenched with sweat, they didn't feel uncomfortable in any way in the later stages as a pair of shorts would. I put 6 gels in to practice for the race. I'll appreciate going through them in the race itself (I took just one today), but having all 6 was maneagable. Low 70s when I left, 79 with a dew point of 71 when I returned. I stop for water like 4 times and wish I had stopped one more. Like gels, I think in my race, taking the time to hydrate will be well worth it, especially if it is hot.