Sean's Running Blog

Still very tired from a very long weekend of no sleep. But 16 miles has never felt so good.

A gorgeous morning. Supposed to be hot again today.

Heat and I are enemies. I did my workout at noon this morning thinking I could avoid the 95-degree weather predicted today in Seattle. Turns out, it was already 89 degrees at noon. Some of you may laugh, but that is quite hot for around here. We get only one or two days a year that are that hot and I simply cannot perform in the heat. There is no amount of water that can compensate for my water loss.

My coach gave me a choice for my workout: (1) 3x2M with an 800m float or 2x3M with an 800m float. The target pace was marathon pace which for some reason my coach has pegged at 5:15. The first rep felt pretty good: 5:15, 5:13, 5:14. The 800m float became a 400m float with a trip to the bathroom. Started having those stomach/bowel issues again. But, I was back to the starting line in time to start the second and final rep. First mile was hard but did it in 5:15. By lap six my stomach was having issues again. I commited to finishing the second mile and then head to the bathroom. The last two laps I gutted out and finished in 5:17.

I hate the heat.

Another warm day in Seattle. Despite my hatred for running in the heat, I waited until the warmest part of the day today to run my 16 miles (6:39 pace). Whether I like it or not, I will need to be prepared to run in the heat so I can at least do my easy runs in it.

On track for my only me second ever 100+ mile week. Last time I did it in seven days not six and managed to get injured in the process. So I will be monitoring things very closely.

I crossed the 500-mile threshold with my Adrenalines so they are officially retired. Time to crack open my Trance 8s.

Easy 12 through the streets and trails of Snoqualmie. Warm day but not as hot as the previous few days.

Another six+ this evening as I was charting out a couple of course options for a local 5k I am putting on in November.

A fantastic end to a great week of training. My body really responded well. I was Logan's blog and saw he did a Tinman. I had never heard the term before so I Googled it and lo and behold, it's a cool concept. So I did his "long" tempo run of 80 minutes which was 14 miles. According to his formula, based on my 5k time, I was supposed to do them in 5:46s. So I plugged it into my Garmin and off I went finishing in an average mile time of 5:43. The last few miles were all in the low 5:30s and I wasn't pushing all that hard. It was definitely a workout but not one that killed me. I like Mr. Tinman.

The run also brought me over the 100-mile mark for only the second time. My final mile in the Tinman came at mile 96 or so for the week. I feel great.