A Runner at Heart.....Riding a Bike

Rest day today.  Just did some abdominal work this morning and no running.  

6:15am:  It was 37 degrees, raining, and windy this morning.  The rain let up around mile 6 but the wind never did.  I ran 15.26 miles in a steady pace (great with the wind, bad against it).  

6:15am:  39 degrees, some wind, but actually dry today!!!  I ran through Chubbuck then down to ISU.  I even ran 2 miles on the Davis field track for good measure.  I ran 17.53 miles and felt strong the entire way.

6:15am:  40 degrees and raining with gusty winds this morning.  The rain let up after a couple miles so I just had to deal with the wind, it was a steady 20mph.  I ran 13.51 miles nice and easy, no real push today.

6:00am:  Temps were in the 40's this morning, unfortunately the wind was close to that too!!!  Winds were steady at 25-35mph gusting to more.  I got battered around and gutted out 16.22 miles.  Not fun.

6:00am:  Only 26 degrees this morning but at least the winds died down.  There was a full moon so I could actually see fairly well.  I was only going to go 12-13 but it was so nice I extended it.  I ran 16.43 nice and easy, long run tomorrow.

7:30am:  24 degrees out but at least it was clear with fairly light winds.  The goal today was a nice long run similar to last Saturday.  I went the same route as last week and aimed to see how far I would get in 3 hours again.  I was happy with last week so I headed out to do the same.  

But something happened today.  The farther I ran, the stronger I was.  My loop has all the easy, downhill miles in the first half and all the harder, uphill miles in the 2nd half.  I ran a negative split anyway.....and I NEVER do that.  I ran a couple of sub 7's in the 15th and 16th miles that came out of nowhere.  I really didn't push today but I got 23.50 miles in 3 hours exactly.

Up until last month I had never run 100 miles in a week and now I have done it in 4 of the last 5 weeks.  I will now begin my taper for Tucson....it is in 22 days!!!