Not-so-fast-running-blog

Pace: 9:47

Conditions:

• 39°
• Winds ENE 6 mph

Running Goals for Today:

• Practice with some new food (CLIF Bar/cut into bite-size pieces)
• Drink every mile
• Run at prescribed slow easy pace - 10:15
• Increase pace for the final 2 miles

Observations:

• Chewing a CLIF bar while running and breathing is an art form - I am not gifted!
• Worth the practice; the higher nutrition value may be beneficial on my long runs
• Drinking every mile was manegeable
• Here are my 2 miles splits: 2 miles - 10:16 / 4 miles - 10:18 / 6 miles - 9:40 / 8 miles - 9:40 / 10 miles - 9:01/ 10.06 - 8:23
• Proud of myself for running this morning - I did not recover well yesterday from my 22 miler. I have no appetite. I need to force myself to eat. Grocery shopping was a blur. We have a lot of strange food in the refrigerator and pantry now!

Pace: Strength Workout (treadmill)

• 4 x 1.5 miles/500 recovery
• Strength - 8:49
• Recovery - 9:22

Pace: 9:34

Conditions:

• 48°
• Winds E 12 mph

Running Goal for the Day:

• Easy, slow pace for the first 4 miles (10:00)
• Run final 2 miles at marathon pace (9:30)
• Try putting my drink and food pack facing the front - pack has been digging into my spine and I usually have to stop to put my drink containers back into the holders

Observations:

• Split pace - Mile 1 - 10:00 / Mile 2 - 10:09 / Mile 3 - 9:46 / Mile 4 - 9:20 / Mile 5 - 9:11 / Mile 6 - 8:55  For the love of Pete, I just can not pace myself!
• Moving the pack was GENIUS!!!

Pace: Tempo (treadmill)

• Warm-up - 9:22
• Tempo - 8:56

Pace: 9.38

Conditions:

• 36° (feels like 28°)
• Wind: WNW 10mph

Goal for the Day:

• Just run something

Observations:

• I was not interested in running this morning. My mind crabbed for the first 2 miles. I told myself to complete 1 more, then another, and finally 1 last mile. It was not pretty outwardly or inwardly, but this might mimic how I feel toward the end of my upcoming marathon. It was probably more beneficial than I want to believe!

Pace: 9.39 (rolling hills)

Conditions:

• 33°
• Wind S 0 mph

Running Goals for the Day:

• Eat nutrition and take in fluids every 2 miles - see if it helps with my energy level toward the later mileage
• Run at a faster pace than last weeks long run - finish between 9:35 - 9:39

Observations:

• Nutrition and fluid goal worked well. I also practiced walking while taking in my nutrition to mimic what might  happen on race day
• I would have liked to finish my overall pace at 9:35, but I had a fair amount of left knee pain. I've never had that so I did not want to injure myself by pushing my speed.