not giving up on the comeback

Happy 4th Everyone!

Cooking some yummy things for the concert on the square tonight.  Ribs, pork butt, and who knows what else.  

felt pretty good - only mid 80's at 1:30 today.   

6 @ 7:24 ave pace

Before Supper- 4.4 @ 6:58 ave pace -  now that is more like it.  I need to get these sub 7 runs to be the norm.  It has been a while. 

 I've had very stiff hamstrings recently.  It isn't a pull or anything.  They are just really tight.  I'm not sure if I'm running with a different gate or something. Other than that, I felt fine today before lunch on my easy 4 - ave pace 7:30/mile. 

 PM - went to the track for my first intervals in a long long time.  It was 88 deg and sunny so I just did 8 X400 with 200meters walk/jog in between.  I did speed up in the last 4 and was very consistant so I wasn't too horribly disappointed.  I wanted to do 4x800 but basically chickened out.  But my effort was there and that's the point I suppose.  It looks like those times (except for the 1:24) were inside my McMillan suggested interval times from my last 5K.

1:21, 1:24, 1:21, 1:21, 1:17, 1:17, 1:17, 1:17

 Boy this is a good article.  It is very recommended.  

http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=19997&PageNum=1

This year I've really been thinking the same thoughts that he discusses in this article.  I'm not sure I want to do a marathon this fall.  Maybe I should shift my focus a little bit.  I'm very torn about what I should do.  I've thought about racing the 1/2 at Chickamauga and/or Atlanta 1/2 in November.  Will these goal races me the same satisfaction as trying to race the full at Chickamauga?   Or do I want to run some ultras this fall?  Will training for them make me a better runner?  Can I put in the miles and trail time that those would take?  Or should I pick out a goal 5K or 10K to try to rock?  I just don't know. 

PM - after watching over my sick son all day and feeling a bit sick myself I set out for 6 tonight at 8:30 or so.  I just about stopped and turned around at 2  miles but I pressed on at a slow pace for almost 6

5.95 according to google maps - 7:39 ave pace

Today registration opens for next month's Hot2Trot - 8 hour race.  Debating if I should do that or not.  I have a 5K the following Saturday which is usually a goal race.  But I've wanted to do this 8 hour for a couple years now.  It starts at 7AM and goes for 8 hours through the HOT Atlanta summer.  It would be a great challenge.  Of course, my wife might kill me if I do it.  

8 miles really slow - 98deg.  

I ran long today - in the heat.  It was a longer than I planned earlier in the week.  Since I totally missed yesterday I wanted to make up a few miles and get to 50 for the week.  Things went well - as well as possible in the summer heat. 

15.5 @ 7:53 ave pace