my makeup may be flaking

Well that was...not great.

My plan was to try to get in a groove of 6 flat miles to start. I ended up running a little over my head I guess.

Mile 1 was 5:59, 2+3 were 11:54. The duo I was following then slowed down to a 6:01 which felt pretty easy. Then all of a sudden I lost it and started going backwards.

I split a 6:14 and got dropped by the pack I was with, but I thought that was probably ok and I could just find a new rhythm. Split 6:08 for mile 6 and 6:17 for mile 7 which contained some solid climbing.

Then the wheels came off completely, mile 8 was 6:39 and mile 9 was 6:16 for a straight downhill mile. Mile 10 was more downhill but I only managed a 6:34.

My 10 mile split was only 62:02 and my legs felt done. I knew there was no shot at a decent time and so I got pretty demoralized. I also ran completely alone for about a mile down an endless straight road.

6:26,6:40 and then 6:23 pace for the last 1.109.

Welp, I though I had a 1:18 in me and so I paced myself with that goal in mind. It proved to be far too much for me right now.

I've decided that my blog is dumb and I should at least make an attempt to write something other than just my workout splits.

AM 5.9 miles to work

PM 5.9 miles home

Pretty sore from the race on Sunday, but not too sore to run, albeit slowly.

AM 10.1 miles to work

Still mulling over my race from Sunday. Hopefully the problem is that I just went out too fast: thinking I was in 1:18 shape when I should have aimed for 1:20. It's not the absolute time that bothers me, it's the fact that I couldn't translate my solid workouts into a race.

AM Morning off

PM Was thinking vaguely that I ought to do my 'mid-week mid long run' fast, but as the day went on this started to seem like a bad idea. I did a mile warmup feeling ok and then just thought 'well, I'll at least start my watch, for future reference'. I ended up running 12.2 miles in 1:20:22 (6:35 pace) and it felt pretty reasonable. The fatigue from the HM on sunday started to creep into my legs towards the end.

As I ran the route in reverse, it ended up being a net uphill so the adjusted pace was 6:16. My race had an adjusted pace of 6:12, which I think really underscores how much I underperformed. This workout felt nothing like a race.

AM 8.0 miles to work.

PM 5.9

AM 10.1 halfway with Allie.

Long run on the Publix marathon course. Freedom trail to Candler Park, followed Publix course from 8 to 16 then from 19 to 22, then on Beltline/Freedom Trail.