Best of all it is above 32 degrees at 5:00 am, so hopefully my days of freezing cold runs are over. Although I must admit I hate daylight savings. I was so happy the last 2 weeks that it was light out during a good half of my run. Now I have a few weeks to go for that again.
I ran the Shamrock Shuffle 10K on Sunday. The weather was pretty ideal (upper 30s), but a little windy. Ended up with a 46:46, which is pretty far off my PR (which is 44:10; 44:25 for that course last year). I didn't go into it expecting a PR, or even sub 45, but really didn't think I'd be quite that slow. The good news is that: (1) I had a LOT of fun; (2) I ran into a ton of my running peeps; (3) I ran a negative split despite a ridiculously big hill in the last mile; and (4) took home some hardware (which I missed last year).
Not sure how this bodes on my Boston goal. We'll see how the next 2-3 weeks pan out. Interested in any input you may have though.
This week will be my last big mileage push and I hope to get to 60. I know that isn't incredible volume, but high for me this season.
Last week:
M: rest / arms / core
T: 7 (9:10)
W: 9.4 w/ 7 x .5 mile with .25 mile intervals (6:58, 6:55, 7:02, 7:03, 7:12 (uphill, not slacking [too much]; 6:58, 6:44)
R: 5.5 recovery (9:43) / arms / core
F: 6 and change (9:32) - dog tired / core
Sa: 8.3 w/ 8 striders (8:59)
Su: 3.5 mile w/u; 10K (46:46) Stats: Age Group 30-39 (2/141); Women (12/426); O/A (83/794).
Total: 46 and change
T: 7 (9:10)
W: 9.4 w/ 7 x .5 mile with .25 mile intervals (6:58, 6:55, 7:02, 7:03, 7:12 (uphill, not slacking [too much]; 6:58, 6:44)
R: 5.5 recovery (9:43) / arms / core
F: 6 and change (9:32) - dog tired / core
Sa: 8.3 w/ 8 striders (8:59)
Su: 3.5 mile w/u; 10K (46:46) Stats: Age Group 30-39 (2/141); Women (12/426); O/A (83/794).
Total: 46 and change
3 comments:
Glad to hear the weather is warming up!
I don't read too much into my tune-up races when I'm deep in marathon training. General leg fatigue usually just slows me way down. Heck, I've had whole training cycles with zero good shorter races (some downright terrible!!!) in the middle and still had great marathons even though those messed with my confidence.
Shrug it off and believe in the long term plan!
Congrats on the hardware...
Whatever your goal for Beantown... have FUN!!!
I know, I love this time of year when it warms up. Everyone is so much more cheerful!
Not much longer til Boston! I'm clearing my calendar now so I can follow people!
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