Not-so-fast-running-blog

This was my second 5K race in two days. Surprisingly I was faster today than yesterday which is odd because this was an afternoon race. I literally only run in the morning! My first mile is still significantly slower, but negative splits are nothing to complain about when racing.

1 mi - 8:38 / 2 mi - 8:17 / 3.107 mi - 8:06

I ran 2 additional miles following the race with a friend to loosen our legs and just catch up. It was fun except for the food fair stench! I guess I am a fried food snob while exercising.

Workout: Just run

Splits:

• 1 mi - 11:52 / 2 mi - 9:38 / 3 mi - 9:47 / 4 mi - 9:40 / 5 mi - 9:12 / 6 mi - 9:20 / 7 mi - 9:21 / 8 mi - 9:03 / 9 mi - 9:45 / 9.91 mi - 9:13

This run felt great! It was nice to get some extra miles in before work since I was unable to do a long run over the weekend.

Workout: Strength (treadmill)

• Warm-up / 1 mi / 10:39
• 4 x 1.5 mi /  8:37
• 800 recovery / 9:49

Workout: Recovery Run

Overall Average Pace: 10:09

Splits: 1 mi - 12:35 / 2 mi - 9:57 / 3 mi - 10:13 / 4 mi - 10:13 - 5 mi - 10:19 / 6 mi - 9:48 / 7 mi - 9:30 / 8 mi - 9:28 / 9 mi - 9:27 / 9.51 mi - 9:26

Workout: Tempo (treadmill)

• Warm-up / 1 mi / 11:08
• 2 mi - 9:30 / 3 mi - 9:22 / 4 mi - 9:13 / 5 mi - 9:05 / 6 mi - 8:57 / 7 mi - 8:49 / 8 mi - 8:42 / 9 mi - 8:19

At mile 2, I decided that I would run one more mile. I was just not feeling the run. Then, mile 3 came and went. I decided to run one more mile. Before I knew it, I had run 6 miles. At that point I was in the groove so I finished my workout with 9 miles. It turned out to be a good workout. Runs like this are very satisfying.

Workout: Long run

I was hoping to beat the rain. That did not happen. It rained and rained and rained some more. I shortened my long run once the steady downpour refused to cease. I'll try again tomorrow.