Monday: 7 Miles
Burlinggame wander on a full stomach. Felt pretty terrible the whole time.
Tuesday: 7 Miles
A return to the track, but not an enjoyable. Absolutely brutal workout. 4x600 @1:40 (67s/400m) w/2:00 rest followed by 2x1000 @2:55 (70s/400m). The first was decent, but after that it all went to hell. I didn't get any of my splits, but the pace was never consistent. I believe I hit the times for the first half of each set and was slightly off for the second. The 600s started out good, became difficult and the last couple were tough. Adding the extra was painful. The first 1K was a long slow grind. I felt weak early and it was pain to keep going. The second one went by quicker but I felt much worse. Difficulty: 5/5. Hard track work, especially in the heat is never fun.
Wednesday: 9 Miles
Decent run around town. Legs trashed for the previous days and paced dropped in the middle.
Thursday: 7 Miles
Avenger Invitational. Wasn't thrilled to go here as I'm not a huge fan of the EG course, but accepted it and still wanted to crank out something decent. The last couple had turned around things and I wanted to keep the streak going with a fast time, hopefully under 16. I was a little nervous about potentially having some stiff competition, but ended up facing more mid-distance runners.
The start was horrible and I ended up behind many people because they decided to start with telling us they were going to start and used a small horn rather than a real gun. I quickly adjusted and made way to the front, trying my best to build up an early lead. I felt fairly smooth on the field and going through mile 1 in 5:04. After that, the legs were just feeling dead and while I really wanted to hammer it, my legs had nothing which slowed the pace a bit. My lead never seemed that big and I was nervous I would be run down, but it was enough to hold on. I ended up finishing 1st in 16:18. I wasn't disappointing, but it wasn't a great race so I wasn't thrilled either. I attributed the slow time to my legs and was hoping for better outcomes in the future.
Friday: 7 Miles
Dropped a couple off to recover from the previous day, which was nice but didn't feel necessary. Short local looping. Felt strangely great.
Saturday: 7 Miles
Another hill workout, this time a return to the forrestal neighborhood. We had 3x(Forrestal/Midway). I felt trashed/heavy early and tried my best to push through it, but it didn't feel great. Difficulty: 4/5.
Sunday: 9 Miles
Ran in Illinois' rock cut state park en route to University of Wisconsin. Pretty nice place, did a big loop around a pond that combined grass, pavement and dirt trail, both single and double. Was not impressed with Illinois as a whole (my first time to either IL or WI), but was with the size of this place and the well-maintained fields/trails.
Weekly Mileage: 53 Miles
YTD Total: 1,898 Miles
Weekly Highlight: Having a nice change in pace by running in Illinois.
Weekly Lowlight: The workouts. Things didn't come together this week and they were a struggle.
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