Of Mice and Marathons

PM: Flourtown Tempo Loop - 14.25 miles, averaged 7:14

8-Mile Aerobic Builder in 51:25 (6:26 average).

A bit slower than I would have liked (13 seconds slower than last week) but the effort was there. Warm and very dry. I was working a bit too hard in the last half mile. Too dehydrated most likely.

6:28, 6:33, 6:27, 6:24, 6:24. 6:23, 6:22, 6:20 

Unplanned day off.

Didn't run this morning and felt very lethargic this afternoon. Took a very long nap that required a few Inception-like kicks to get out of. The weather for Broad Street looks good. I don't expect a fast time, which is fine. It will be nice to run without any firm goals.

Night: Treadmill - 8.5 miles moderate. Did a few strides.

Did 10 minutes each at 8.5, 9.0, 9.5 for the faster portions. I was getting gassed at the 50 minute mark at 9.5. It was 8 of 11 when I got done. That's too late to run but I avoided another 0.

The weather for Broad Street looks ideal. My lofty goal of running low-5:40s is way out the window. I will likely run with Jonathan (whom I barely held off in the half) and Leo and just see what happens. The course is quite fast and about 150 feet of drop over 10 miles. You won't find a course in the world that is more point-to-point.

Unplanned day off.

Fairly hard depression coming on. Don't have the desire to do much of anything.

Evening: Treadmill - 7.1 miles easy. Incline increases per mile: 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 4.0, 3.0 + strides.

This week is looking like a rookie taper from the outside. Hoping for just "halfway decent" on Sunday then change gears and focus.

Lunch: 6.25 miles progression. Did some strides after.

Feeling pretty lousy. Hip is feeling imbalanced. No core work or stretching for what must be a couple weeks so I am not surprised. I should run Broad Street with Megan and enjoy it but I'm stupid enough to think I can surprise myself.

PM: 4 miles with Megan.

Quite enjoyed our 38 minutes together. I did a two brief strides.

This week was pretty much a marathon taper (maybe more severe) but for a 10 miler. The last four weeks did not go as planned. Trying to think that no matter what happens tomorrow I still got a 5k PR early, which hasn''t happened in probably three years.