running for my mind

Scheduled rest day today. 

We got a ton of sleep last night even with it being daylight savings! 10 hours is solid for sure. After a hearty breakfast of pancakes and a little time playing with Grey I took an hour nap too!

Goals for this week - I think I am going to stay right around 55 miles and not try to push it past that yet. I week of maintaining, as it were. I am going to stick to speed on Tuesday with the goal of 1 mile repeats. Thursday I am going to shoot for another tempo of 5 miles. If I am feeling up for it, I might push that to 6. My Saturday run will either be 16 or 17. 

8 easy miles

I ran over to the track to meet a buddy over there that wanted to run 400s for his first time. I mostly just took it easy like I had planned for today, but I did pace him on one 400 so he could get a feel for how fast he wanted to go. Being on the track made me want to get my speed work in today, but I have it planned for tomorrow so I decided to stick with that. It was nice to just get out and get the legs moving after taking yesterday off. 

8 miles - 2 miles and a bit warmup, 3 x 1 mile repeats, and a cool down of just under 2.

It was nice to have Adam to run with again. Company is good, but company on speed days is great!

I have kind of felt like there has been a mental, more than physical, wall at the 6:00 min mile. I wanted to try and break that wall down a little bit today and it felt good. We ran the first mile right at 6:00, the next at 5:55, and the last at 5:52.

I am happy about this speed workout and I hope that this workout boosts my confidence and I won't be afraid of the 6:00 min mile barrier anymore.

8.5 easy this morning.

Felt good to take a nice easy pace and to be with good friends. I ran 3 miles before meeting up with Adam and Tyler. Adam turned east to head home when Tyler and I only had about .3 back to my house and his car.

Avg HR - 141 and Avg Pace - 8:24 

10 miles - 2 mile warmup, 6 mile tempo at marathon pace, 2 mile cool down.

This morning was the first time I have worn shorts on a morning run this year! It was nice to not pull tights on. I felt good during the tempo and was having fun while I was doing it. I am glad that I hit the 6 miles under marathon pace.

I don't know exactly what my goal is going to be in the next two months before my race with the tempo runs. I originally thought I would work my way up to 10 and stop there, but now I am considering maybe continuing to up it each week by 1 mile. That would push me to 13 or 14 miles depending on when I do my last tempo before tapering. What do people think?

8 easy miles

I met up with Brayden and Ashley to run 8 easy this morning. I wanted to test myself and go with Adam on his tempo, but I knew that would not be the smartest thing for me or my training. I am sure he killed his 5 miles though.

Because I was running a little late this morning, long night with a sick child, Ashley took off before I got to their house. Brayden and I ran a little fast the first mile and the second mile way too fast for this easy day so we could catch her, but I knew we would have 6 slow ones after so it was ok.

17.5 miles. 

Logged 17.5 this morning, 12 of which were with Adam. It was super nice of him to tag along for as long as he did. He only planned on doing 8 with me so he might hate me tomorrow.

Overall, I felt good with this long(er) run. The first 3 miles I had a few kinks to work out but they vanished once Adam and I got into our conversations. I felt similar the first few miles of my run last Saturday.

Now that is is 8pm I realize how this run and this week have worn me out. I have felt pretty sluggish all day and I am excited for a good night's rest and the day of tomorrow.

Goals - I feel great about this week and hitting my goals. I pushed a little past my goal of 55 miles, hit my mile repeats on Tuesday, and my tempo on Thursday I pushed to 6 miles. I will post my goals for this coming week tomorrow.