There is not much good I can say about this run, but after I finished I talked to my husband and he said I need to look on the bright side and realize at least I was running. He is right, I will need to change my goals for St. George. It would take a miracle for me to pr. My goal now is to train the best I can each week and then run the best race I can and enjoy the fact that I am running. This is the hard part now, what is the best way to train? The reason this run was so bad was because I felt VERY weak. My endurance was low and my speed was lower than when I first started running 5 years ago. Here are the spits from today's run. Bare in mind that I was trying to run as fast as I could on all these miles. At the end of the 12 miles I felt like I had gone 20. Splits: 8:58, 9:06, 9:15, 9:21, 9:06, 9:29, 9:33, 9:48, 10:08, 9:57, 12:08 walked the last mile on the treadmill.
The hamstring itself felt weak but there was not a lot of pain. Here is what the training plan calls for next week. Let me know how you think I should tweak it. Pool running while it helped the hammy heal I think is not the best option for me from here on out. I need to run more for sure!
M - 6 X Hill repeats T- 9 mile run W - 4 mile run TH - 9 mile run F- Elliptical/yoga S - 19 mile run
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