Today I ran 7.2 miles to complete 26.2 over the last 3 days in 3:30:55. I was not overly concerned with my pace, although I did monitor it and did different random pace workouts such as hill repeats, mid range mile intervals ... and alot of just dialing into a specific pace ... sub 8's on Monday & low 8's with some pickups Tues. & Wed. Monday - 8 miles @ 7:40 pace ... To inspire myself, I stopped by Sims Lake Park in my old stomping grounds ... they have a great 1.2 mile paved loop with markers every tenth ... so needless to say I have done many hard workouts there in the past. I was not overly ambitious, but wanted to do 10 @ a sub 8 pace. There are always lots of runners out there, and it is fun to make comments to them as I pass ... and of course, you try to look fast every time they see you. There are a few pretty good sized hills, so you have pick up your cadence going up them if you want to maintain pace. As my splits were going sub 7:30, I decided I would call it a day @ 8 miles ... knowing a long run was planned for Tuesday. Tuesday - 11 miles @ 8:20 pace Yes, some of us still consider 11 miles a long run. It was a rainy afternoon so I just ran some errands ... 4.5 miles in I visited a friend, miles 7 & 8 in the Park, & a brief stop in a running store at mile 9.5. So I guess I had a couple 10 minute breaks in there.
Wednesday - 7.2 miles @ 8:03 pace Overall it was good running conditions, cool but humid misty rain ... which made for a really soft surface on the 0.54 oval track at Piedmont Park ... I always try to includes some paced laps here on my runs ... mixed in some other loops around the park ... my goal was simple, get 7.2 miles in. There were lots of runners in the park even though it was wet. Next Up: I guess run 26.2 in 2 days ... but I can build my base mileage for another 30 days before I attempt that.
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