Today I felt good and so I ran a little faster. I'm not sure if Sean and Luis are going to be doing a workout tomorrow or I probably would have ran just 6 miles.
| Mile 1 | 7:08 |
| Mile 2 | 6:59 |
| Mile 3 | 7:00 |
| Mile 4 | 6:49 |
| Mile 5 | 6:49 |
| Mile 6 | 6:42 |
| Mile 7 | 6:34 |
| Mile 8 | 6:40 |
| Mile 9 | 6:47 |
| Total Average Pace | 6:50 |
Today was a good day. I was able get back to my usual ways. It's all about hydration in the summer so I will have to be weary of that in the coming months. Here is how it went down.
| Mile 1 | 7:59 |
| Mile 2 | 7:23 |
| Mile 3 | 7:22 |
| Mile 4 | 7:04 |
| Mile 5 | 7:10 |
| Mile 6 | 6:46 |
| Mile 7 | 6:48 |
| Mile 8 | 6:47 |
| Mile 9 | 6:56 |
| Total Average Pace | 7:09 |
It's good to be back.
Today would be a day of reckoning. After 5 days of slow running and wondering if something was wrong with me, I would face a true test and have to do a workout with Sean and Luis. Sean asked me if I was ready. I replied I'm always optimistic about my workouts and today was no different. Even though I was struggling with running recently I was happy to try this workout. The workout was to start at 7:00 minute pace and then progressively cut 15 seconds per mile for 9 miles. Mathematically that would mean I would finish at 5 minute pace. Now it wasn't expected that I would be able to hang all the way down to 5 minute pace. Especially since the humidity factor was out there. But Sean told me to hang on as long as I could and then jog out the rest. Here is how it turned out.
| Mile 1 | 6:55 |
| Mile 2 | 6:43 |
| Mile 3 | 6:27 |
| Mile 4 | 6:08 |
| Mile 5 | 5:56 |
| Mile 6 | 5:43 |
| Mile 7 | 5:26 |
| Mile 8 | 5:10 |
| Mile 9 | 8:37 (cool down) |
| Total Average Pace | 6:21 |
| Last .85 | 9:23 (cool down w/ Sean & Luis |
The run was a success. It proved that there was nothing wrong with me. Sean told me I was probably experiencing the effects of dehydration yesterday. I think that was the case. I will definitely have to watch my nutrition and hydration a lot closer in the coming months as the heat ratchets up.
Oh, and before I forget. What is the purpose of this type of run? The purpose of the run is to simulate race conditions. And believe me it did! During this run you will end up running many different race paces(10k, 5k) and if you are on your game you will end up finishing at your goal 5k pace.
Today was a real struggle for me. My goal was to run easy but my run felt anything but easy. As I was running I struggled to run 7:45 pace. Running slower wouldn't have made the effort any easier. I started to wonder if there was any underlying physical issues I was dealing with. I have been running slower for about 5 days now. So I decided to cut the run short to 6 miles. There was no need to force another 3 miles. Especially when I have a pretty big workout with Sean and Luis tomorrow. I'm wondering if I'll be able to it.
| Mile 1 | 8:00 |
| Mile 2 | 7:25 |
| Mile 3 | 7;31 |
| Mile 4 | 7:35 |
| Mile 5 | 7:41 |
| Mile 6 | 7:36 |
| Total Average Pace | 7:38 |
I ended up running a few of these miles with my friend Josue. It was pretty hot and humid but we got through it.
| Mile 1 | 7:12 |
| Mile 2 | 7:47 |
| Mile 3 | 7:31 |
| Mile 4 | 7:39 |
| Mile 5 | 7:43 |
| Mile 6 | 7:24 |
| Mile 7 | 6:54 |
| Mile 8 | 7:07 |
| Mile 9 | 6:58 |
| Total Average Pace | 7:22 |
It's been a while since I've done a long run this long. So I figured I would make an extra effort to do 2 hours even in the humidity and heat. I started out a bit slow but was able to pick it up at the end.
| Mile 1 | 8:46 |
| Mile 2 | 7:52 |
| Mile 3 | 7:49 |
| Mile 4 | 7:42 |
| Mile 5 | 7:33 |
| Mile 6 | 7:02 |
| Mile 7 | 7:11 |
| Mile 8 | 7:02 |
| Mile 9 | 7:05 |
| Mile 10 | 6:58 |
| Mile 11 | 6:59 |
| Mile 12 | 7:01 |
| Mile 13 | 8:16 ran with a friend for a little while. |
| Mile 14 | 6:47 |
| Mile 15 | 6:49 |
| Mile 16 | 6:47 |
| Last .32 Mile | 7:00 |
| Total Average Pace: | 7:21 |
Hot and humid is all I can say.
| Mile 1 | 8:12 |
| Mile 2 | 7:26 |
| Mile 3 | 7:25 |
| Mile 4 | 7:18 |
| Mile 5 | 7:29 |
| Mile 6 | 7:17 |
| Mile 7 | 7:13 |
| Mile 8 | 7:24 |
| Mile 9 | 7:35 |
| Total Average Pace: | 7:29 |
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