Fly me to the moon...

I decided to try the Asics again today.  The legs and feet felt fine so that is a good sign.  It was the return of Ted this morning.  We started out with Ted, Sasha, and Mary Ann.  Mary Ann stopped to stretch her hamstring about 0.75 into it.  We continued on to the 3 mile mark and stopped.  Mary Ann caught us and kept going.  We turned around and finished 6 with Ted.  Sasha and I then went out for 2 more.  Total time for 8 was 59:08 (7:23/mile).  We ran a bit faster today because Ted's knee feels better if he goes faster than 8 minute miles.  It was a pretty good run.

Started out with Sasha, Jeff, and Ted.  After a little more than a mile, Sasha took off for some speedwork.  Jeff, Ted and I ran to the three mile mark and turned around.  We kept expecting Sasha to catch up, but he never did until we finished the 6 miles.  We finished in 43:22 (7:13/mile).  My knee hurt about halfway through, but it stopped after a little while.  I then headed out with Sasha for some more.  We did 3.25 more for a total of 9.25 in 69:30 (7:30/mile).

I ran 6 miles with Sasha, Jeff, and Ted.  Then Sasha and I paced Ben for a 2x1 mile with 800m rest in between.  He wanted to go 7:10 pace.  The first mile was 6:50 something and the second mile was 6:30 something.  It felt pretty relaxed even after 6 miles at about 7:30 pace, so that is a good sign.  Total time for 9 was 69:11 (7:41/mile).

For the second day in a row, I slept through my alarm.  Yesterday I woke up just in time to get dressed and run out the door.  Today, it was past 7 already.  I ran later in the heat.  I did 8 along the trail in 58:55 (7:22/mile).  It felt really good and smooth today.

Yesterday felt great, but today I was tired and a bit dehydrated.  The legs felt dead.  I did 6 with Jeff, Sasha, and Ted.  We have been going faster this week for Ted's knee, and it has felt okay except for today.  Ted and Jeff also have a habit of speeding up when we turn off the trail with about 1/2 mile to go.  I kept up, but my legs didn't like it.  We finished in 43:37 (7:16/mile).  I then ran another 3 miles with Sasha.  We ended up with a time of 66:14 (7:22/mile).

I started out with Sasha, Ted, Jeff, and James, Ted's son. After 2 miles Sasha took off for a tempo of sorts. We continued on to 3 miles where everyone else turned around. I continued on. I wanted to get a long run in. I was originally thinking about 10.1 and then thought it would be good to add a couple of miles on at the end. On the way back I decided to just do a full 13.1 miles. To my knowledge, I've never run that far consecutively. I might have done it in college because we did longer days on Saturday at the Indiana Dunes state park on Lake Michigan, but I never timed it or noted how far it was. I finished with a time of 1:37:26 (7:26/mile) with the last mile in 6:30. I wanted to see how I felt going a little faster after 12.1 miles. It felt good. My legs felt tired at 7:30 pace, but they actually felt better at 6:30. Maybe I was using some different muscles to go faster and they weren't as tired. As I write this now in the afternoon, my legs feel pretty good. There is some residual soreness, but nothing big. That's progress!