Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Believe me, I like it loud
Yesterday felt like summer for some reason. Not only was it super hot out in comparison to recent weather but I also ran a total of 16 miles for the day. I really haven't run that kind of mileage since the summer and believe it was something I was lacking coming into the past few races. Granted, my mileage did not drop significantly but I don't think I had a super hard long run in some time.
After an easy 4 miles in the AM, I spent the whole day at class attempting to hydrate and thinking about the run in the PM. According to the schedule, the team was to run 12 miles at 6:15 pace on the Riverpath which would be somewhat difficult but nothing I haven't done before. However, after I got a mile into the run, 6:15 probably would have felt like I was jogging.
So, we ran the first mile in 7:20ish as a warmup and then, for some strange reason, we dropped a 5:40 immediately after the introductory mile which explained why my legs suddenly felt heavy. From thereafter, we began turning miles between 5:45 and 6:00 pace without much difficulty. However, once we hit the 9.5 mile mark, I suddenly began to fall apart.
I think I ran the last 2 miles a little under 7:00 pace bringing my total run time to 1:14 which puts me at about 6:10 pace for the effort.
I am still a little dehydrated.
I think I am going to get a glass of water.
After an easy 4 miles in the AM, I spent the whole day at class attempting to hydrate and thinking about the run in the PM. According to the schedule, the team was to run 12 miles at 6:15 pace on the Riverpath which would be somewhat difficult but nothing I haven't done before. However, after I got a mile into the run, 6:15 probably would have felt like I was jogging.
So, we ran the first mile in 7:20ish as a warmup and then, for some strange reason, we dropped a 5:40 immediately after the introductory mile which explained why my legs suddenly felt heavy. From thereafter, we began turning miles between 5:45 and 6:00 pace without much difficulty. However, once we hit the 9.5 mile mark, I suddenly began to fall apart.
I think I ran the last 2 miles a little under 7:00 pace bringing my total run time to 1:14 which puts me at about 6:10 pace for the effort.
I am still a little dehydrated.
I think I am going to get a glass of water.
