Thatcher's Running Blog

I ran with Neal this afternoon. It was really nice outside, and I had a good run. I was really tired because I didn't get much sleep, but I felt good the last several miles. I did 8.5 at 6:19 pace, and it felt really easy. I only pushed the last mile and did it in 5:30. I felt really strong and amazing. I may or may not do any hard workouts this week due to time constraints. I have finals this week. 

I'm counting these as fast miles today because they were faster than normal. I'm not doing any interval work this week, so I decided to take my runs a little harder this week. Neal and I decided we would push it a little this run. We averaged 6:06 pace for seven miles. It was actually pretty easy. We pushed it a little bit, but it wasn't as hard as I would have expected it to be. Our splits were 6:19, 6:25, 6:06, 6:08, 5:52, 6:03, 5:46. We did push the last four hundred meters to finish strong. I did one mile after at 7:00. 

The weather was bad, but I enjoyed it. It was really rainy but not too cold. I came back and I was soaked and muddy. It was one of those runs that really make you enjoy running. 

I wasn't going to run today because of the slush and snow, but it stopped snowing around 4:30, so I decided to go for a run with Neal. My legs were fine, but I felt pretty sick to my stomach. Even though I felt sick, we averaged 6:20, with our last three miles in 18:14.