The Journey of 26.2 Miles . . .

I warmed up for .5 miles, then did 5 repeats of 1.25 miles.  It wasn't a speed workout, but I was pushing the stroller with Joshua, and the loop has a lot less traffic.  These were my splits for the loops (pace per mile in parentheses): 11:08 (8:54), 9:39 (7:43), 9:11 (7:21), 9:06 (7:17), 8:58 (7:10).  

I was still a little stiff from Saturday, but this pace felt surprisingly easy and relaxed after a pretty good marathon pace run/race on Saturday. 

 Wave Rider: 283

I went 6 miles easy with 2 1-mile repeats (6:22 and 6:24).  I felt pretty good--a little tight, but not bad.

I did a 1.75 mile warmup and a 1.5 mile cooldown.  In between those I went on a 3.75 mile tempo run.  My 1.25 mile splits were 8:49 (7:03/mile), 8:20 (6:40/mile), and 7:37 (6:05/mile).  Anna rode her bike with Joshua in the trailer to pace me.  It felt really good and the pace was surprisingly easy.

I went on an easy five mile ride pushing Joshua in the stroller.

The first 10 miles of the run I went a pretty easy pace, and then sped up for the last 10. My split for the last ten miles was 1:11:45 (with the last two miles in 6:24 and 6:31). I finished with a 1.5 mile cooldown. I didn't sleep very well last night, so I was happy with this run. Now it's time to start my taper for St. George. My first (and only) marathon I didn't taper, since I was just going to do it as a long run (and, consequently, I ended up hurt), so I'm looking forward to this one. I've kept my mileage relatively low just to play it safe and to get a good base under me in order to bump up my training for some faster times in the next few years.

Elixir: 47.5 miles