Trying to keep up with you

Ran what felt like easy to moderate effort run on David Blvd. in Bountiful but ended up being a little quicker marathon pace run for me.  PM run.

7:26 pace

Ideally you shouldn't be running a marathon pace for 14 miles when you are in the base building phase of your training cycle.  But it sure did feel good to let loose a little and push the pace.  I managed a sub 7:00 mile the last mile, which felt really good...once I caught my breath.

total time: 1:47:32

average pace: 7:37

Run from the gym (Planet Fitness) to Liberty Park, multiple laps - I loose count and have to rely on my Garmin, and back to the gym.

I was a little more sore and tired than anticipated from yesterday's MP 14 miler.  Right achilles just a little sore along with the left knee.

Took it very easy today with a slow jog up City Creek Canyon with Jeff and Doug.  Will keep mileage low this week and use this as a recovery week before I jump into the next training cycle.

Today was one of those runs that you don't go out with the plan of running so far or running hard but end doing so anyway.  I hope I don't pay for this mistake on my long run. I wanted to get some strindes in (8 x 150approx) and told my self to run well within my ability.  I found that by the end of the run I had gone two miles further than the original plan and pushed much harder.  A rookie mistake.  I really need to stick to the game plan.

Otherwise it was a nice run in Liberty Park. 

Ran with Becky up City Creek Canyon.  It always good to run with a sub 3:00 marathoner.  She gave me some good advice to adjusting my training during the winter months.  Another perfect fall day.  Kept it easy. 

Easy miles up City Creek Canyon.  Got a chance to run a good portion of the uphill with Michael from FRB.  First FRB I've actually met in person, which was nice.

I pushed the down hill some, averaging 6:05 to 6:20 mile splits (noted- these are DOWNHILL splits) but did not over exert myself. 

This concludes the RECOVERY week.  Looking foward to the long run on the weekend (20 miler).