I really enjoyed this week of training. And the reason why was that I tried some new areas to run and just focused on getting it done.
Temperatures and humidity were far better this week. My pace saw a dramatic improvement.
5 miler on Monday... modified a neighborhood path a little to make it slightly longer and a little more interesting. 10:29 pace... felt nice and not too rushed.
8 miler on Wednesday, ran out and back a different route. I had been going to the metropark but decided to try something different. Not sure if I actually liked the route or not, but the run felt good. It was hotter at that point though. Pace was 10:42
5 miler on Thursday, a good pace day (9:53). Same path as Monday . But I like this way enough that I might keep it as a regular rotation for 5 mile possibilities.
13 miler on Saturday (had to make it 13.14 though because that seemed better to run a half marathon distance... yes, I'm weird like that). 10:18 pace which I was really happy with. I haven't run that fast on a long run in quite a while. The nice part was it felt great during the whole run. Didn't even think I was really pushing it because I didn't look much at my watch . I love those kind of runs. A funny thing did happen to me, though. At the running group Saturday we typically take a weird route to get to the park. I forgot where the turnoff was due to my spacing out during a good song and missed the point I was supposed to turn into the woods. I found myself looking around, and all the condominiums there look pretty much the same. Found a way to get back on track but it was a weird feeling. I get lost sometimes, I admit it...
Next week I increase again... doing a 19 miler (wow) next weekend. Already planned with someone else training for the marathon where we're going to meet. It will be a different trail but that's fine with me, because my old hangouts are getting old...
Next week: 6/7/5/19...37 miles... another high mileage week. Going to take this long run a little slower on purpose.
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