Not-so-fast-running-blog

 Workout: 6 miles slow easy (goal pace - 10:30)

Overall Average Pace: 10:08

Conditions:

• 69°
• Wind S 5 mph
• Humidity 71%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 11:08 / 2 mi - 10:23 / 3 mi - 10:15 / 4 mi - 10:18 / 5 mi - 9:34 / 6:28 mi - 9:14

Thoughts:

• I am incredibly out of running shape! I can't believe how difficult of a run this was for me!

Workout: 5 miles easy

Overall Average Pace: 9:33

Splits:

• 1mi - 10:52 / 2 mi - 9:20 /3 mi - 9:29 / 4 mi - 9:52 / 5 mi - 9:10

Workout: Speed on the treadmill

• 1.5 mi warm-up / 10:54
• 4 x 1200m / 8:34
• with 400 m jog rest / 10:00
• 1 mi cool-down / 10:00

Workout: Strength

• 1.5 - Warm-up
• 4 miles HMP
• 1.5 cool-down

Splits:

• 1 mi - 12:18 / 2 mi - 10:31 / 3 mi - 9:44 / 4 mi - 9:11 / 5 mi - 9:13 / 6 mi - 8:41 / 7 mi - 9:12

Thoughts:

• My foot hurt so badly I chose to run the first 3 miles as my warm-up. I stopped a lot during the first mile to stretch the foot area. By mile 4, the pain was minimal. I was able to run closer to my HMP. Unfortunately, my stamina is not strong. I might have had two more miles left at that pace.

 Workout: 6 miles easy

Overall Average Pace: 10:38

Conditions:

• 79°
• Winds WSW 6 mph
• Humidity 73%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 12:42 / 2 mi - 11:06 / 3 mi - 10:37 / 4 mi - 10:20 / 5 mi - 10:06 / 6 mi - 9:00

​Thoughts:

• So much pain. Part of the problem is that I am back at work. I am on my feet from 7 AM until 5 PM. I am selective about my work shoes, but I am probably going to have to wear my boot to work. Ugh!

 Workout: 12 mile long run

Overall Average Pace: 9:41

Conditions:

• 72°
• Humidity 70%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 10:54 / 4 mi - 9:48 / 6 mi - 9:44 / 8 mi - 9:20 / 10 mi - 9:11 / 12 mi - 9:17

Thoughts:

• Overall, this was not an epic fail. I was happy to see that my last 6 miles were  faster than my first 6. I purposely slowed at mile 10 because I did not feel that mentally I would finish. My stamina is just so poor.
• My foot held up pretty well. I consumed a fair amount of Advil along the way.