And I'm off, 12 weeks to St. George. Sasha told me I should drop out and not run any races the rest of the year. I value Sasha's advice a lot, and think he knows infinitely more about running that I do, But..... St. George just means to much to me right now. I've been waiting to run it for 3 years now, it's the race I envision even when I'm training for something else. I agree, with only 12 weeks to get in marathon shape I may end up with a disappointing performance and want to give up running forever, but that is a risk I'm willing to take. So sorry Sasha, thanks for the advice but I'm goin' for it... Plan today was 10 miles with strides, I wanted to just find a pace that I felt I could run 10 miles at, not to easy but not hurt myself. I thought 7:00 avg seemed like a good goal. Ran the Hudson River trail because I like the flat, it feels like I'm running a track and can judge my effort better than the Central Park hills. I found 6:40 pace right away and liked how it felt so I decided to hold it there. Couldn't have had more even splits if I were on a treadmill, every mile I looked down was like 6:39, 6:41, 6:40. It felt good and I was really enjoying it. Stopped at the 5 mile turn around (Harlem Peir Park) for a quick drink, I drank to much though cause I ran the second 1/2 with a side cramp the whole way. Didn't let it slow me down though. Around mile 7 the 6:40 pace started to feel like work but I pushed through it and never let my self slow down. Wow! Just saw the HR. Looks like I need to work on that. Honestly, I think the heat and humidity have alot to do with it.
| Distance | Time | Avg Pace
| | Avg HR
| Max HR
| | 1 | 6:51 | 6:51 | | 155 | 173 | | 2 | 13:30 | 6:39 | | 158 | 162 | | 3 | 19:58 | 6:28 | | 166 | 169 | | 4 | 26:39 | 6:41 | | 168 | 171 | | 5 | 33:21 | 6:42 | | 169 | 173 | | 6 | 39:55 | 6:34 | | 166 | 171 | | 7 | 46:32 | 6:37 | | 171 | 175 | | 8 | 53:10 | 6:38 | | 173 | 176 | | 9 | 59:50 | 6:40 | | 172 | 174 | | 10 | 1:06:44 | 6:54 | | 170 | 175 | | Total | 1:06:44 | 6:40 | | 168 | 176 |
My work is paying for my Wife to fly in to see me for the rest of the
week. I'm pretty excited about it cause I really need my laundry done,
and frankly, I don't know how to do it. JK, I went and did it last
night. But I really am very excited for her to come, she has never been
to Manhattan so I had the hotel upgrade me to a sweet suite on the 41st
floor over looking the Hudson river. I could have got the Time Square
view, but those rooms are way to noisy at night. Pretty excited to take
her running in the park tomorrow. | 