I have been having trouble going more than about ten miles recently. Minor injury, a lot of hill work, no tempo work and a general blaa feeling has made long runs not just hard but impossible. So today I decided that with a 16 mile hilly relay leg only three weeks away I at better get some distance in, no matter how slow I needed to go.
Ran two very slow warm up miles in 20:00 in the park trail system. I then came out on the road and ran out past Whale Park, past the mill and out to the hatchery road gate and back. Pace was mostly in the 9:00-9:30 pace depending on hills. My goal was to make it out and back with no stops and no fluids,(it'sonly 50 degrees today), so on both goals I suceeded. Ran the remaining 13.1 miles in 2:01 for a 9:15 average pace. I tried to keep my HR around132-134 and did exceept for hills and the slow climb with time.
I feel a little better about the race now. A little speed work is still in order however. |