For some reason, I've had trouble getting this last week's log up even though I never had a problem with time in the past. I'd figured I need to do it before I forget. Week #2 of XC, First Meet Saturday 9/3, Injury Fund Carnival @EG. Smaller log this week.
Monday: 9 Miles. 2nd HS distance run. I'm so tired of the same roads, but the three month gap make the first of the season feel fresh. Picked the river road loop which is usually okay (flat, fast and scenic) but the heat killed me and I had to take many breaks, even jumping in the river at the end. Gradual decline of pace.
Tuesday: 6 Miles. Couldn't make practice and got to run duval trails in early AM instead. Much more fun, considering I was still feeling it after my tiring 8-miler the day before and everyone else had a brutal workout. I wanted to push one of the duval segments but got tired quickly and really just used it as a recovery run.
Wednesday: 9 Miles. New springbrook route (not the roads; just the specific loop I was running): glad to be out of the sun but felt awful from start to finish. Maintained a quality pace but very unpleasant, like Monday. Super humid.
Thursday: 5 Miles. Was hoping for some track as I needed a hard workout to give me confidence for Saturday, but got hills instead. Two fingers (hardest hill workout we do) before one hard Narragansett. I felt okay but thought I was going much slower than usual. I was ready to run the last Narragansett hard but felt completely out of steam halfway through. Somehow I still beat the segment CR on Narragansett summer to ward that I have wanted for so long. Didn't feel genuine at all; I feel like Strava screwed up. Disappointing to get it this way. Difficulty: 4/5.
Friday: 8 Miles. Apache/old pumpkins course neighborhood is fun to run in, but the hills tire me out. Perhaps not the best place for a shakeout, but I went that way anyway. Mixed in another neighborhood and Cimalore field. Run went by really quickly and it was actually a little fun. I felt pretty good except for heavy thighs. So much better than both Monday's and Wednesday's.
Saturday: 5 Miles. Injury Fund XC Carnival. Went out super hard in 4:48 (Fastest 5K mile split by 11 seconds!!!) as I tailed the leader (pack of three) then faded a little and was unable to hang with the top guy (third place for first mile) but got ahead of the original leader. Everyone told me I was high 16:40s/low 16:50s, but my final time was 16:11, a 1-second PR. I will do a separate write-up sometime in the future. A pretty good race. Results.
Sunday: 10 Miles. Recovery loop w/Dad and B. They were doing 16 as a long run pre-surftown on the course, but I opted to do 10 as this was recovery and I wasn't ready to go that distance. Just did the Weekapaug/misquamicut portion as they continued to watch hill. Felt pretty good for most of it; pace was never too challenging. Got really tired in my worn out legs towards the end.
Weekly Total: 52 Miles (much better than I expected considering the typical beginning of season decline)
YTD Total: 1,551 Miles
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