Sunday, April 5, 2009

Much better

It was cold and ridiculously windy today, but all in all, a much better day for a run. My legs were still a bit stiff, but nothing like yesterday. I started out my 12 miler and decided I would just try to keep the pace around 9s. It was 32 degrees, but 18 mph winds (gusting up to 25-30). Not as bad as I thought it may be, however, because none of last night's snow stuck to the road. :)

At mile 2ish, I ran into my friend, R.L. I hadn't seen him in a long time. I asked him what pace he was running at and he said 8s or just under. Hmm. I'll pass. But he twisted my arm and off we went. I am so glad I did. It was fun to catch up and it got me moving despite the wind. He was finished with his run right around 5 miles for me. I slowed it down a bit, but kept working moderately hard (low 8:40s). Ended up with an average pace of 8:32. I'll take it.

So my week ended with 32 miles.

M: rest
T: 7 easy (9:05)
W: 8 with 1 mile x 3 at 5K pace; 2 minute recoveries
R: rest
F: rest
Sa: 5 easy (9:05)
Su: 12.10 (8:32)

16 miles to Illinois.

3 comments:

Greg said...

The hay is in the barn. Try and enjoy your light week and avoid the weather web sites.

Runnin-From-The-Law said...

Seriously. Relax this week. Don't stress about the weather. Anything has got to seem nice compared to the sh#@ you've been training in.

So how far of a drive is it for you. You stay there Friday night?

Mindi said...

I actually have a pretty easy-going week this week, so all should be good. I realize that Saturday is likely to be better than 99% of any of my runs, but I am really hoping for *good* conditions. I am so ready if I get them (I think).

Champaign is just a bit over 4 hours away. So I will drive down on Friday. For an inaugural marathon - there are already over 9,000 registrants in the marathon alone!