Sean's Running Blog

A cool and beautiful 14 mile run this morning. No residual pain or tightness or anything from Saturday night's run. That's a good thing.

First time I have run at 5:30 in the morning for quite some time. Im going to have to get used it.

Ran a late 13 this evening. Kind of a bummer because I have to turn right around tomorrow morning at 5:30 and do my mid-week workout.

Random thunderstorm this evening. Was kind of fun getting pelted by soft hail.

Man 5:30 came quickly. So 9 hours after finsihing my 13 mile run last night I got up to do my workout this morning. Perfect morning weather wise. Low 50s, thick marine layer and even a little mist. The workout was 7M@5:28 plus 1M@something faster that that.

First mile I must have still been asleep: 5:38. I just wasn't concentrating. The rest were in the 5:25-5:28 range with the final one coming in at 5:13. I wore my trainers rather than my racers just to give my calves a break. It felt like I was wearing boots.

14 wonderful miles this evening. Half was in the dark but it was still quite warm.

Humid morning again but very pleasant temps. Going to be close to 90 miles this week.

A really nice finish to the biggest mileage week in a really long time. Probably the most in almost a year.

Thick overcast this morning and still very humid. Fortunately, it wasn't super warm. Another early workout this week...was on the track by 6am.

The workout was 3M@5:08 followed by a 1:00 rest and then 1 more mile "faster." Hit 5:05, 5:09 and then 5:08. My coach had told me before the workout that I was going to have a few negative thoughts during that 1:00 rest heading into the fourth and final mile. He wasn't kidding. I did manage a 5:03. Would have been nice to go sub 5:00 but I am very happy with how the week's mileage went. The workouts were solid coming off of a very good performance in last Saturday's Torchlight race.

Now let's hope I can stay healthy.