Hello Everybody...I'm back on the Blog after three days off from running. I went to the roping competition this weekend (the first one in about 4 months) but did not have any luck. Team roping is a difficult sport in the fact you have so may varables to deal with. You have to do your part but also be patient for all the right things to fall into place. After four months off, I was very pleased with the way my horse and I performed. If I can keep it going this well it will just be a matter of time until I win another big roping.
Back to running:
With three days of rest I felt like I needed to do something special. I decided to do a 15 mile run. I would like to have ran 18-20 but being a week day I felt like I didn't have time for that. I didn't go to bed until after 11:00 so getting up at 4:00 am didn't sound appealing. I got up at 5:00 to run this 15 miler.
The weather is still not the best for running here in Texas but at least the dew point has dropped a little. It was 64 this morning instead of 75 as it's normally been. This did not make it comfortable but at least bearable and I was able to run without overheating. I lost 5 pounds during this run which is pretty normaly for me.
As you can see from the splits I was able to maintain a sub 8:00 pace on most of the miles, run a negative split (-20 seconds) from the first half to the second half but my HR paid the price on the last miles. There are some hills so it's no wonder I went above 8:00 on a couple of miles.
Now to figure out where I am condition wise.... Looking back at my marathon training the last two years it appears I'm right in line for being 10 weeks out from my race. Similar runs show about the same paces but my HR seems a little lower right now. (That should be good!) We'll see how I feel tomorrow, hopefully I'm not too worn out or sore.
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Mile
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Time
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HR
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HR %
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1
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8:08:00
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133
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68%
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|
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2
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8:15:00
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144
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75%
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|
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3
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7:54:00
|
144
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75%
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|
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4
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8:19:00
|
149
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78%
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|
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5
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7:45:00
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149
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78%
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|
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6
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7:45:00
|
150
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79%
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|
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7
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7:59:00
|
152
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80%
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Half Split
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8
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7:53:00
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153
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81%
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7:59:45
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9
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7:45:00
|
152
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80%
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|
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10
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7:52:00
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155
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82%
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|
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11
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8:01:00
|
156
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83%
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|
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12
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7:39:00
|
161
|
87%
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|
|
13
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7:17:00
|
164
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89%
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|
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14
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7:24:00
|
164
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89%
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Half Split
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15
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7:22:00
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171
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93%
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7:39:08
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0.25
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Slow Cool-Down
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Total
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117:18:00
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153
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81%
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Pace
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7:49:12
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WT
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Temp
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73
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Humidity
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73
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163 lbs
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Dew Point
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64
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Wind
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0
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158 lbs
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