Wednesday morning we were to load up the car and head off to Keystone, CO for vacation. I thought I could wake up early and get in a long run and do a tempo run while at it. My goal was to run 12 miles with a 3 mile fast 7:00 tempo pace.
However, I got bad sleep the night before (tossed for the last hour I was supposed to be sleeping--I hate that).
As I started running I calculated how much time I had and realized I would have a tough time fitting in even 10 miles. I started in Salem and headed to Payson. I started my tempo right after mile 5, when I was heading North East on highway 89/189 (not sure what the name is). Unfortunately, I had the Pettiteneet Academy hill in that first mile, fortunately there was a downhill after the uphill, but the first mile took alot out of me. 7:02 first mile. I started the first mile ok, but toward the 1.5 mile mark I started to lose steam and then started to question myself. This is why I don't like to do speed on my own. By 1.75 miles into the tempo I had given up on the tempo run (my pace for the .75 was about 7:35/mile).
I seem to not have the toughness to do speed on my own. This run was so frustrating. When giving up I consoled myself with the thought that I would try to do a 4 mile tempo run on the treadmill while in Keystone at about 7:05 pace.
Our drive to Keystone was bad, with lots of construction and delays on I-70 and a few sprinklings of boy squeals, fights, crys, whines, from the back row. We rented a fullsized car so the three rascals were right next to each other. It sure makes you appreciate the minivan where all the kids can be separated. | 