Very late run today, 9:30PM. I thought I would just do one loop of the park, which would give me a measly 4.3mi, but I decided that doing few miles is better than none at all. However, when I finished one loop, I felt silly going home, since I just warmed up and felt really good. So I did another loop and got my regular distance. I did 14x20 sec. strides with 1:00-1:30 recovery between strides. It was cold and windy (first time in long sleeves this season), but I felt good nevertheless.
My record trend continued today with another course record and fastest pace average. I asked Jonas about this "more for less" phenomenon, and he said this is not uncommon, but my aerobic base will eventually begin to erode. I don't really want this to happen after 2 years of building my fitness up, so I will try to run every day for the rest of this week and going forward. It's only a matter of discipline. I just have to accept that my weekday runs will be done very late.
Total time: 1:00:03 (8:27 pace). | 