Believe to Achieve

Plan:  LT run with 6 at half marathon pace.  Whatever that is  currently.  I think I forgot I ran an Ultra Marathon last Saturday.   I don't know why I think I can just pull these runs out like nothing happened.  But it seems that I am doing okay so  I just started the workout as  1/2 mile at FMP (hopefully SGM this fall, F= Fantasy) and 1/2 mile at 5K pace so it went like this:  3.5 mile warmup in 30 minutes 10 seconds at 2 % grade.  Brief potty break then 1/2 mile at 8:00 pace (1 %) and then the SW at 1%:  No stops ran 1/2 mile 6:53, then 1/2 mile at 6:31 repeated x 4.  Then without stopping started the 5th one so again 1/2 mile at 6:53.  But was SO not wanting to go into the 6:31 again so I stopped the TM for 30 seconds and then ran a 1/2 mile at 8:00 pace and then started the last 1.5 miles beginning at a slower realistic MP which felt SOOOOOO lovely.  It was 7:03 for 1/2 mile then I went to 6:40 for a lap (1/4 mile) then 6:31-6:35 for a lap then back to the 6:53 pace for 1/4 mile speeding up the last lap from 6:31 to 6:00 pace.  So basically I ran 6 miles at AP of 6:40-6:42 depending on how much my sprint to the finish helped my AP.    Finished off with a cooldown 1/2 mile at AP of  7:50.  Total 11 miles at 7:30 pace.    Iced in AF river for as long as I could tolerate.  Air super warm.  Water glacier cold.  Lasted 1 minute 45 seconds.  Feeling really good about things currently.  Running that is.  Mind over body.    I work this weekend.  So I will do a short jaunt before work in the am.  

PM:  Ran at 4:48pm for  8  total running miles with Jenn (stopped garmin for our walks which started at mile 3 for .07 miles)  It was rather WARM out!!   Over 70 degrees.   Quite the difference from Tuesday morning's run in 27 degrees.  AP for these 8 miles = 10 :15.  Just strolling around enjoying the sounds and smells of early Spring.  At mile 8 we met up with Heather.  Heather is running the last 12 of the 20 with her today.  She is doing amazing. Last week she ran 14 miles at 9:40.  She said to me at YW conference " Julie you would be proud of me, I ran 9:40 pace for 14 miles".  She was feeling bad for the 10:37 pace we ran two Satrudays ago for her 18 miler in the wind.  I told her I wasn't worried and knew she had it in her : D.   She will probably win the Ogden Marathon someday and kick my can all around : D.  Not sure how sane I am running 19 miles today but I feel great!!