PM: 6 - yes, dropping .5 miles today will make me run faster tomorrow. But really running these days is a chore and mostly just to burn calories. I need to get back the fire but i don't know how. I am racing tomorrow but how can I do well without really wanting it? Probably wanting it doesnt help me very much at the race particularly. Racing is about taking the pain. No amount of desire will change my pain tollerance or allow me to break through the pain or something. I am thinking about running the 5k instead of the mile because I am afraid of the mile right now. I will leave the decision for the last minute.
Brown track club mini meet (1 Miles) 00:04:53, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Crosstraining miles
Total Miles
4.00
0.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
7.00
Splits: 73, 75 (thought I sped up but guess not), 73, 71 (including the extra 9 meters). Except for the 2nd lap I think it was paced pretty well. I think my problem in the 2nd lap was that I was behind this guy who slowed way down and I waited too long to pass him. Overall I am pretty happy. Tied my PR. Ran it smart. Ran all out. Can't ask for much more than that. Felt good enough to pace a friend in a 20min 5k after a while. Unfortunately she hurt her hip and had to drop a little after 2 miles. The 6:24 pace from lane 2 felt easy despite having done the mile only 20min before. I am feeling good about this half marathon next week. My only real goal will be sub 1:23 but I will go out at 6:15 pace and see how I feel. With the half marathon I feel like as long as I keep it comfortable and smooth I should be able to hold that till 10 and maybe speed up a tad towards the end.
