AM: Nice easy 6 mile run with Kim on a super-windy SF canyon "breeze" morning. Still in recovery, very easy only running mode. My legs and problem/pain/injury areas felt really good this morning, but I'm resisting the urge to do what I've done in the past which is to do a hard run just as soon as the body starts to feel good. I'm trying to maybe wait until I feel good for 3-4 days straight or an entire week before doing anything faster than very easy pace. I'll try and keep the pace in the 8-10 range until Saturday. If I've felt really good up until then I'll insert some sub-8 min pace miles on my 20-miler. Hopefully this will be the formula that gets me past the injury bug. Also I've decided no races until at least mid-July. Perhaps a 5K on July 12.
Ave pace 9:55.
PM: Ran 1.5 on the treadmill then 4.5 with Nate toward Lakeview in the HEAT. Good news is that I felt very good, didn't pay much attention to the garmin, and what I would have guessed was an 8:20 pace was closer to 7:55. So yes I cheated and went faster than the goal pace for the next few days of 8 min or slower. What can I say...Nate made me do it. Hope I don't pay for it tomorrow. At least I was only faster by 5 secs per mile.
Ave pace 7:55.
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