running for my mind

Scheduled rest day

10.25 easy miles this morning. - Ran the majority of the run with Tyler and we completely beat the rain!

The inside of my right knee has been a little sore. The feeling is like a little twinge that I feel every so often when I am sitting. I only felt it for about 30 feet of the run this morning and it was when the shoulder of the road we were on had a lot more camber. I hopped on the sidewalk at that portion and didn't feel it again the rest of the run. I am going to keep icing it and watch it for a couple days to make sure it doesn't materialize into anything serious. 

11 miles (track workout) - couple mile warmup - 4 laps at the track of striders where I accelerated on the straights and slowed up on the curves - 12 x 400 repeats - few mile cool down. 

I was a little worried about this run because of the weather and I really didn't want my knee to hurt. When I went to bed last night I didn't know if it was going to be snowing, but I knew it would be windy. Luckily, it was not snowing when I left my house but the wind was still blowing strong. 

My knees and my heels were a little sore for about the first mile, but then I started to loosen up and I was stoked that my knee didn't hurt at all during the rest of the run, including the 400 meter repeats!

When I talked to Tyler yesterday about my planned workout he said to shoot for a 6:00 min pace or better even if the headwind was blowing strong down one of the straights. So that is what I planned for for the first little while. I decided to speed up a bit gradually, but I didn't want to push too hard because I knew I had 12 of these to finish. I accomplished my goal and feel really good about it. Even though they were not all the fastest splits I could have done, I feel good about them given the wind and the cold.

split      time  distance pace 

11 easy miles - ran the majority of the run with Tyler. Felt good and I was glad that my knee did not hurt at all.

12 miles - 5 at tempo

I am not too stoked about this morning’s run. I learned last year that every so often there are going to be bad days. You cannot have a perfect day everyday! Today was one of those days. It was raining pretty heavily still when I woke up so I text Adam and decided it was best to hit the treadmill. That was the mistake of the morning.

I should have just battled the rain. I have only run a few times on the treadmill this year and I don’t plan to again any time soon. I feel like it is more difficult for me to run on a treadmill. Does anyone else feel that way? I overheat. I sweat until I am drenched. I just don’t feel good!

So, I had planned on doing an 8 mile tempo, but after 3 miles I knew today was not my day. I eked out nearly 5 miles before I called it and slowed up the pace. I knew I had to finish the workout so I continued to the end of mile 12.

1 - 8:27
2 - 8:27
3 - 6:56
4 - 6:53
5 - 6:53
6 - 6:49
7 - 7:00
8 - 7:40
9 - 7:49
10 - 8:00
11 - 7:59
12 - 8:26
  

12 easy miles - ran a little over 7 with Adam and the rest solo.

Was fun to get out on the roads and not think about the treadmill and yesterday's experience. It was nice to just have a chill run with Adam and chat about all kinds of things. He gets married tonight and I am excited for him and for the festivities. 

22 miles - solo run all around Murray, Millcreek, and Holladay.

I felt good overall on this run. I had a goal to not cruise the end home like last week and to just keep a pretty consistent pace and gradually get a hair faster. I feel good about my splits considering how many miles I have on my legs this week. 78.25 miles is the most I have ever run in a week. Now, I know this is not "amazing" to most on the blog, but it is a significant accomplishment for me. 

[update] As of right now I am actually on the first page of the mileage board. Didn't think that would happen. I am sure I will fall off by the day's end though.