With all the sounds of lightning, thunder, and rain last night I was nervous. Got up at 5 to get ready to go run and the lightning was still hitting pretty hard. I was discouraged and thought about trying to get in the run later, but that never happens so I had to do the unthinkable and head to the gym to run on the treadmill.
I was planning on a 14 mile tempo run. Warmed up 1 mile in 8:33, then straight into the marathon tempo run. Placed the treadmill on 7:13 pace and cruized along. Tried to stay positive the whole run. Had some discouraging thoughts at mile 9 in the run so I upped the pace to 7:08. Take that brain.
After that mile I backed it back to 7:13 until the last 2 miles when I dropped it back down to 7:08 pace and raised the incline. Cooled down 2 miles at 8:27 pace.
Overall I am very pleased with this morning's run. I was able to finish strong and complete the tempo on my highest mileage week ever without any goo's or anything. With tapered legs and downhill and fuel hopefully I can make it happen at St. George. Legs feel pretty good now. | 