Another week of relatively easy training.
Monday: 8 Miles
Pudding Hill again. Normally hate running the same route again so soon (did this saturday) but due to the change in the group size (at least 5 guys on this) it wasn't bad. Also been running pretty slow/relaxed recently that running sub-6:30s at the end felt really fast.
Tuesday: 8 Miles
Was planning on running easy until after spring break, but I guess other people had different ideas. Everyone else was doing a tempo, so I decided to just go with it. 4-mile tempo with a 2-mile warm-up. Went out very comfortably before slowly getting out of my comfort zone. Mile one was a 5:53, which is definitely slower than tempo pace. Dean (likes to push the pace) started getting a slight gap on the rest of us so I decided to go with him and immediately after catching up to him, he started really pushing the pace and dropped me after what felt like a really fast mile (it was, a 5:15). I was probably running way too hard effort wise at that point but didn't want to embarrassingly be caught by everyone else (after I had made a move around them) so I kept a hard but not all out effort. Dean opened up about a 12 second gap that mile as I ran a 5:21 (he was likely sub-5:10). We both kinda slogged it in, I ran about a 5:32 and the gap didn't seem to increase at all. 2 mile cooldown. Stupidly hard effort, but the pacing was obviously pretty bad (going 5:53/5:32/5:21/5:15 would have been much better) and I'm still a little rusty anyway (probably still in very good shape, just not ready to push it). Difficulty: 4/5.
Wednesday: 7 Miles
Short rose in faculty. Cold run, felt kinda weak but not too bad overall. Pace was 6:40 and felt really comfortable.
Thursday: 8 Miles
An exact repeat of yesterday's run except I tacked on another mile, felt really good today after a weak start. Last run in Durham, going to be nice to get out of here.
Friday: 7 Miles
Got off the train in Mystic and we went to the Y after for a run. Ate pretty horrible throughout the day (pretty much just ate snacks) and was expecting to feeling pretty terrible, so it was a pleasant surprise to feel very controlled and relaxed throughout.
Saturday: 7 Miles
The complete opposite of yesterday, felt tight and tired the entire time and was just glad to be done. Charlestown roads to the beach.
Sunday: 8 Miles
Was probably looking for a little more but no great window to squeeze in a run on this Florida. Lots of time in the car, finally got to Key West and ran from the hotel. Very hot at 82 degrees and plenty of open sunny spot. Despite getting 4ish hours of sleep the previous night and not eating a whole lot during the day, I felt pretty solid throughout the run and mostly avoided heat exhaustion. Started off with Dad and Brady but we split ways after 2. Hugged the coastline and ran on piers, state parks and beaches before moving back to roads for sidewalks and crosswalks. Got back to the hotel at 6.5, so had to find a little mileage where definitely was feeling the heat. Very enjoyable run, liked exploring this new place. Also ran decently fast, average of 6:23 which didn't feel too difficult other than the heat factor.
(Sorry, no photos. Saw a lot of cool places but no phone for pictures. Also navigated back without any phone.)
Weekly Total: 54 Miles
YTD Total: 542 Miles
Weekly Highlight: While brutally hot at times, definitely enjoyed doing something totally different and running in Key West. Awesome scenery and environment throughout.
Weekly Lowlight: Nothing huge this week, just kind of itching to get going on training. Felt like total crap on Saturday too. Also felt like both my eating and sleeping schedules got really messed up towards the end of the week.
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