Big mileage this week. 80 miles total is the 2nd most miles for a week. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday felt great running comfortable marathon pace Mon. & Wed. 7:09 & 7:06 pace. Tuesday was 90 minutes at 7:45 pace and felt really good. Thursday's 90 minute run was a bit of a drag only running 8:15 pace. That run just seemed to take forever and had all the negative thoughts in my head during the run. Friday's hour run was OK but felt sluggish at 7:50 pace.
Over the weekend, racked up a lot of milege. For the first time in months, I ran an hour on the treadmill in the morning. Just guessed the pace at 8:00 since speed and mileage is way off. I had the treadmill set at 6.5 MPH. I had my HR monitor on and hung around 135 for the whole run, so 8:00 minute pace is ballpark for that effort. Went out Saturday night for a second hour of running and felt great. I ran a slightly hilly course which felt nice at a 7:33 pace.
I planned to do the Le Heup Hill run Sunday morning, but didn't make it out of bed. Ran in town at noon instead. Put in 16 miles at 7:44 pace. The first hour felt easy. The 2nd hour slowly declined as it felt like my energy was dropping. The legs felt OK throughout. It was one of those runs where the pace stayed at 7:45 even if i tried to go slower. It is wierd sometimes when you try to slow down but end up going faster. Guess that is what happens when you relax and take easy/shorter strides.
With 2 weeks left in January, I am already at 174 total miles and should easily beat my one month mileage record. Trying to get as many miles as possible in this month. February is crammed with races so I won't be able to string as many miles together.
Crazy miles! Good work
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