Met with the SF group. I wanted to do a 6 mile progressive run, 2 miles tinman tempo (6:35-6:40), then two marathon pace, then two 10Kish pace, but that didn't quite happen : I warmed up with the group for 6 miles, then stopped at Osborne's. I had two cups of gatorade (I didn't pack gu) but it was the yellow kind- I don't like that flavor. Too many high school servings of that ruined me for life. Well, I took a pit stop then started the tempo at mile 4 marker in the SF marathon course. Mile 1 is slight down hill for 2/3 of mile then flat - 6:45ish, too slow, I wanted the next mile to be 6:45ish since I have to go up Zephyr hill, but I hit a 7:03 and I knew this workout wasn't happening. "The workout that wasn't". I guess I still have the marathon in my legs. So I ran up harry's hill, but when I turned around I thought I'd do some more tinman tempo miles just to try to catch the SF group so I wouldn't have to pass the mean dogs on my own. So I hit 6:20ish for my first mile, then 6:30 for the second and a tad more until I caught Beth and Aubrey. I ran with them to Osborne's (another 3 oz of gatorade), then I had to leave them and do the loop around the golf course on my own to get the 18 miles I had planned. I started to feel sick while at about 2 miles away from my car, and felt progressively worse until I got to the car. It wasn't lower abdominal sickness, but more on the esophageal end of things. I don't think I'll partake of that variety of gatorade again -- bleh. So a less than stellar start to "speed" if you can even call this day a speed workout. I think I can start speed at 3 weeks after a standard marathon, but perhaps 4 weeks is better after St. G. I remember being quite sluggish on my first tempos after St. G last year too. Perhaps the issue is that my body has forgotten the fast pace, or doesn't like to suck wind when that wind is cold (about 30F). Perhaps I just have to get acclimatized to speedwork again. It is way stinky to do speed on my own. I am not sure I can do it on my own........... Ave pace 8:14 weight 120 (no I didn't puke though I felt like it. I did have a rich dinner last night, perhaps that contributed to my stomach issues) Shoe totals: Red sox: 57.25, Brooks Defyance (Blue): 478.76, Asics
Stratus 2.1 (Purple) 183.44, Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) 164.49, Brooks
Defyance-new (Blue): 51.92
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