Long May You Run

5.15 am miles 46:53  9:06 pace.

4.65 pm miles 42:39  9:10 pace.  Extremely beat up.  Kept this run short.  I wan't to be able to do 20 on Saturday. 

4.65 easy slow miles to work.  Should be okay for tomorrow's 20 miler.

20 miles out and back from home.  3:04:42  9:14 ave pace.  This is embarrassingly slow.  I had the wind at my back on the way out and in my face on the return.  I ran 9's going out and 9:30's back.  I hope this run does me some good because I sure didn't enjoy it.  I had no drive to run fast and the headwind didn't help.  Everything hurt.  Now that I'm back and settled in with an excellent cup of french pressed coffee I feel like I didn't even run.  I'ts probably because I ran so slowly it didn't take anything out of me.

I tried a new form a nourishment, Belvita something breakfast/cookie/biscuit thing.  It worked well.  This is the first time (this training year) that I took any kind of nourishment, I almost always don't.  My go to nourishment in a marathon is Fig Newtons.  I'm contemplating switching.  Fig Newtons have served me well so I don't even know why I'm even thinking about it.  My coffee cup is now empty and I need to get up for more and I'm not coming back so this is it.

Bad 20 miler in the books!   

4.65 miles 37:45  8:07  ave pace.  felt like a million bucks.  Warm day, 60°, shorts.

5.65 am miles 50:22  8:55 pace

10.65 pm miles  1:32:07  8:40 pace.  Cold, wind and snow.  Last Tuesday was miserable like this.  what is it with miserable Tuesdays?  Glad it's over, pretty good workout. 

6.15 am miles 54:39  8:53 ave

10.65 pm miles 1:31:53  8:38 ave pace 

5.15 am miles

10.65 pm miles 1:37:20  9:08 ave.  Very tired and beat up.  I was up until midnight last night, only 5 hours of sleep and I'm really feeling it. 

5.15 miles, no watch.  It's late, 9:30pm Friday night, I'm going to bed.  Life of a middle aged man.

10 miles out and back from home.  Short sleeves and shorts, spring is here!!  1:30:34  9:03 ave.  Planing about 85 miles this week, ending with a 20 miler on Saturday.

7.65 mile 1:06:56   8:45 ave pace.  shorts and short sleeve shirt.  Spring is here and will be all week.

5.15 am miles 47:19  9:11 pace

10.65 pm miles 1:35:03  8:55 pace  might be time to go back to the Crocs, these Kinvaras are chewing up my big toe.

5.15 am miles  47:25  9:12 ave pace

10.65 pm miles 1:35:57  9:01 ave pace.  Nice to be in Crocs again. 

5.65 am miles 51:31  9:07 ave

10:65 pm miles 1:38:24  9:14 pace.  rough grind, more like a weight lifting session.  typical Thursday in a relatively high mileage week.  Tomorrow will be light, I'm looking forward to it. 

4.65 easy slow miles.  No watch

21.1 miles. 3:11:12  9:04 ave.  There was a lot of uphill (and downhill) and wind.  Glad it's over, now I'm heading out for some Guinness on tap and a burger.

4.65 miles 41:47  8:59 pace

5.65 am miles 52:06  9:13 pace

10.65 pm miles 1:35:13  8:56 ave  Very tired.  Almost cut this run short I felt so tired.  Don't know why, I had a lot of sleep last night, only ran 4.65 miles yesterday and took Sunday off. 

5.15 am miles 45:49  8:54 ave pace

10.65 pm miles 1:36:17  9:02 ave pace.  Nice warm day.  Tired and beat up.  I must be getting close to marathon day. 

5.15 am miles 48:53 9:30 pace.  Wow, I knew I was going to be beat up and tired, this is really slow.

10.65 pm miles 1:38:13  9:13 pace.  I wasn't sure If I could hammer out 10.65 today.  All week I was thinking I might cut this one short today, but it looks like I made it.  Friday is a short day and I'm probably not going to run Saturday.  If I do it will only be a few miles. 

5.15 am miles to work.  No watch, easy run.

10.63 miles from home.  1:31:56  8:39 pace

5.65 miles 50:54  9:01 ave pace

5.15 am miles  46:50  9:06 ave pace

10.65 pm miles 1:36:42  9:05 ave pace.  Looking forward to starting my taper.  still have a lot of miles to log this week and planning a 20 on Saturday.  I doubt I need another 20 miler, I think this will be my 6th one leading up to the SL marathon, but I need to do this mentally. 

5.15 am miles  46:37  9:03 ave pace.

10.65 pm miles 1:35:03  8:55 ave.  This is probably my last 10 miler after work until I start training for something else.  Bittersweet.  Oh, and I ate too much pizza tonight so I figured I'd go all the way and top it off with a little candy. 

4.65 am miles 44:31  9:35 ave pace

4.65 pm miles  40:43  8:45 ave pace

very tired 

4.65 am miles 43:11  9:17 ave pace