Not-so-fast-running-blog

Pace: 8:54

Top Overall Female: 3rd Place

Race Reflections:

• This was my first race since my hamstring injury in November 2016. I was completely winded throughout the race. From the moment I began running, I felt awful (slow, weighted down, sore). Mentally, it was a battle with my thoughts to finish especially the final 1/2 mile. My pace really slowed.  
• I have a long road ahead of me to gain stamina and speed back.

Pace: Rolling Hills

• 9:52

Conditions:

• 42 degrees

Injury Report:

• Pronounced soreness throughout the day/hamstring and buttocks area

Pace: Speed Workout (treadmill) 6 x 800/400 recovery

• Recovery - 9:16
• Speed - 8:22

Injury Report:

• No hamstring or buttocks soreness during run
• Stretching afterwards felt good, no pain

Pace: Strength Workout (treadmill)

• Warm-up - 9:22
• Strength - 8:57

Disney World Marathon Weekend:

• Disney canceled the half-marathon due to lprojected ightning in the area during race time

Disney World Marathon Weekend:

• Ran the marathon with my son
• We just took our time and enjoyed the sights, sounds, and throngs of people

Pace: 9:17

Conditions:

• 65 degrees
• 14 mph winds

Injury Report:

• Marginal inside left knee pain
• Right calf tightness
• Continued pain down entire right leg when sitting and driving

Pace: Speed Work (treadmill)

• 5 x 1 km/8:26
• 400 recovery/9:17

Pace: 9:43 (Hills)

Conditions:

• 33 degrees
• Steady rain

Injury Report:

• Following run constant left inside knee pain
• Continuous right leg pain when sitting or driving

Pace: 9.27

Conditions:

• 31 degrees (feels like 22 degrees)
• Overdressed (felt completely weighted down)

Injury Report:

• No knee pain (ran with a knee compression sleeve)

Pace: 9:33

Conditions:

• 38 degrees

Injury Report:

• No pain during run
• Too much clothing - felt weighted down; difficult to push through the feeling
• Completed leg workout after run - some pain at left knee & right buttocks

Pace: Speedwork (treadmill) 4 x 1200/400 recovery

• 8:30/Speed
• 9:22/Recovery

Pace: 9:07

Conditions:

• 37 degrees

Observations:

• 6 miles - 54 minutes (just incredubly slow from a few months ago)

Pace: Strength Workout

• 8.59

Pace: 9:49 (hills) 

Conditions:

• 48 degees

Pace: 9:22

Conditions:

• 46 degrees

Injury Report:

• It has been 10 weeks since I injured my hamstring, I am happy to report that I am running painfree! I can now focus on gaining my stamina and speed.

Pace: 9:22

Pace: Speed Workout (treadmill)

• Recovery Pace: 9:20
• Speed Work: 8:25

Workout:

• 1 mile Warm-up
• 1/4 x 400
• 1/2 x 400
• 3/4 x 400
• 1 mile x 400
• 3/4 x 400
• 1/2 x 400
• 1/4 x 400
• 1 mile Cool-down

Pace: 7.30/Strength Training (treadmill)

• Warm-up/Cool down: 9:20
• Strength/9:01
• 10K - 53:04

Pace: Strength Training/Treadmill

• Warm-up/Cool Down - 9:20
• Strength - 8:57
• 10K - 9:00

Pace: 9:35 (hills)

Conditions:

• 26 degrees feels like 18)

Pace: 9:30

Conditions:

• 29 degrees (feels like 21 degrees)
• Winds NW 8 mph

Observations:

• Overdressed again, but pushed through the weighted down  feeling as best that I could
• Did a better job of protecting my fingers

Pace: 9:08

Conditions:

• ​37 degrees (feels like 32)
• Winds NE 16 mph

Observations:

• 10K - approxiamatley 54 minutes
• still pushing to regain speed before injury

Pace: Strength Workout (treadmill)

• Strength/8:38
• Recovery/9:10

Pace: 8.54 (treadmill)

• Strength Training

Pace: 9:45

Conditions: 

• 13 degrees

Observations:

• I have been ill with something that has caused my lymph nodes to enlarge
• My eating has been sporadic and next to nothing
• I could really feel the effects of being sick and ill-nourished. The run was difficult. I was supposed to run 10 miles, but could only make it to the 8 mile point.
• Tomorrow is a new day. Attempts will be made to eat today.

Pace: 10.02 (easy pace)

Conditions: 

• 34 (feels like 25)
• Winds west 11 mph

Observations:

• Run was better than anticipated since I am still not feeling well
• Running an easy pace really made a positive difference

Pace: 9.20

• 6 miles - 9:56:06 (still so slow)

Conditions:

• 60°
• South 17 mph

Pace: Speed Day (treadmill)

• 7 x 800/400 recovery
• Speed/8:35
• Recovery/9:17

Pace: 8:48 (treadmill)

• Strength Workout

Pace: 9:40 (easy pace)

Pace: 9:39 (rolling hills)

Conditions: 

• 50 degrees
• South 11 mph

Observations:

• Maintained a steady pace
• Hills are getting easier

Pace: 9:47

Conditions:

• 60 degrees (feels like 52)
• South 18 mph

Pace: 9:25

Conditions: 

• 30 degrees

Pace: Speed Work (treadmill)

• 4 x 1600/400 recovery
• Speed - 8:34
• Recovery - 9:20

Pace: Tempo (treadmill)

• Warm-up - 9:30
• Tempo - 8:58

Pace: 9.25

Conditions:

• 41°
• N 7mph

Pace: 9:29

Pace: 9:40 (easy pace)

Pace: 9:03

Pace: 9:31

Conditions:

• 50 degrees

Pace: Strength Workout (treadmill)

• 6 x 1 mile / 400 recovery
• 9:34 - recovery
• 8:34 - strength

Pace: Tempo Run (treadmill)

• Warm-up / Cool down - 9:34
• Tempo - 8:57

Observations:

• Today should have been a day off, but due to curcumstances I needed to run 
• Felt tired toward the final 2 miles

Pace: 9:18

Pace: 9:42

Conditions:

• 34° (feels like 18°)
• Winds 18 mph
• Snow flurries

Observations:

• Training schedule suggests to run 16 miles at or under 2:40:00
• My time was 2:34:59
• Struggled toward the end because my fingers were so cold

Pace: 9:40

Conditions:

• 32° (feels like 22°)
• NW 13mph

Observations:

• Legs were very tired from yesterday's long run
• I tried to pace above 10 minutes for my easy day - the 9:40 range seems to be my current go to pace
• I need to work at being more cognizant of my pace so I really run an easy pace
• I wore my ski gloves so i would not have the same problem with my fingers yesterday - much improved

Pace: 9:15

Pace: 8:59 (treadmill)

Conditions:

• 63 degrees
• Lightning & Thunderstorms

Observations:

• Did not know there were storms in the area, so I was not metanlly prepared to move my workout indoors
• Adjusted as best I could - run was cut short since I had to change outfits and drive to the health club

Pace: Strength Workout (treadmill)

• 4 x 1.5 mile/800 recovery
• Recovery - 9:31
• Strength - 8:40

Pace: Tempo Run (treadmill)

• Warm-up - 9.31
• Tempo - 8:57

Pace: 9.43 (rolling hills)

Conditions:

• 31° (feels like 27°)
• Winds SE 13mph

Observations:

• Long run pace was to be at 9:53 - surprised that my overall pace was faster
• Legs were incredibly tired - my training schedule was off-kilter this week so my legs were not rested

Pace: 9:57

Conditions:

• 31°
• Winds SSE 7mph

Observations:

• Really focused on keeping my pace at the recommended easy level - 10:15
• Picked up pace on Mile 9 to 9:15

Pace: 9:09

Conditions:

• 51°
• Wind S 14 mph

Observations:

• Incredibly difficult to motivate myself out of bed (4:30 AM)
• I was bonking at mile 5, but somehow zoned out and missed my Gramin mileage report for 51/2 miles. When I heard that i was on mile 6, I rebounded and sprinted the final mile
• Grateful that I forced myself out of bed because it started raining shortly after I finished. It is still raining!

Pace: Strength (treadmill)

• Warm-up/Revcovery/cool-down - 9:31
• Strength - 8:40

Observations:

• I am on the mental struggle bus. I lack motivation to run. The thought of running a marathon in 6 weeks overwhelms me.

Pace: 9:37

Conditions:

• 40°
• WSW 22mph

Observations:

• I am in such a running funk - only crawled out of bed because I convinced myself that This was a recovery run.
• Hit my stride around 3 1/2 miles, so I picked up my pace

Pace: Tempo (treadmill)

• Warm-up/Cool-down - 9:30
• Tempo - 8:57

Pace: 9:47

Conditions:

• 34° (feels like 24°)
• Winds N14mph

Observations:

• Around mile 3, my left knee experienced sharp inside pain. I've never had that happen.  I walked a short distance to my house and called it quits for the morning.
• I am hoping that the pain is just a matter of switching shoes.
• I am shy of my weekly mileage. so I need to run more this afternoon.
• Tomorrow is tobe a rest day. I have a 10 mile race on Sunday. Fingers crossed that this is nothing!

Pace: 10:01

Pace: 9:29

Pace: Long run (treadmill)

• 6 miles - 10:13
• 7 miles - 9:28
• 3 miles - 9:10
• 2 miles - 9:42

Observations:

• Since the left inside of my knee is still bothersome, I thought that I would try running on the treadmill. It was beyond awful in the mental department.
• My knee hurt with the first few strides so I stopped. I put on my knee wrap and was good to go.
• I went slow at first then gradually increased the speed.
• I needed more fluids. I should have hopped off the treadmill and grabbed a drink from the fountain. At mile 17, I just wanted to be done. I knew if I got off, I would never finish the distance.

pace: 9:45

Pace: 9:48

Pace: 9:40 

Pace: 9:48

Pace: 9:52

Conditions:

• 47° (feels like 42°)
• Winds N 6mph

Observations:

• I am back from a 10 day vacation. My running was a mess. I had not planned on 15 inches of snow and no treadmill. On the days where the temperatures melted the roadways adequately for pedestrian safety, I tried to accumulate high mileage.
• My goal today was to run 18 miles. I fell short both physically and mentally.
• I managed to complete 16 miles just under the 2:40:00 goal.
• Tomorrow is a new day. Sometimes that is as good as it gets.

Pace: Tempo (treadmill)

• 8:57

Observations:

• I am really burned out. Trying to figure out how I'll ever be ready for a marathon in 5 weeks.

Pace: 9:45

Conditions:

• 32° (feels like 25°)
• Winds ESE 11mph

Observations:

• I made a concerted effort to run my easy, fast pace (even on my final mile)
• Mentally, I felt so much better about my long-term running
• I am not sure why I feel compelled to push, push, push.  I never really allow for adequate recovery time. I know that leads to burnout which is probably what I am experiencing at the moment.

Pace: 10:00 (rolling hills)

Conditions:

• 61°
• Winds SSE 14 mph

Observations:

• Today's focus was to concentrate on nutrition and running the first part of my run slower than the second part. I succeeded with both goals.
• I picked up my pace at mile 16. I still had a lot of energy if I had chosen to run more miles.
• Next week, I will increase my speed for the first part of my run to hover around 9:50. With this faster pace, I'll have a clearer idea as to how much I can realistically push my pace and at what mile that increase should begin.
• There is no way that I would have finished 26.2 miles under 4:00:10 today with my slow pace at the start.
• My final 4 miles were at a pace of 9:38.

Pace: 9:46

• Final mile - 9:09

Conditions:

• 58° (feels like 55°)
• Winds S11 mph
• Rain before and after run (I timed that well)

Observations:

• I felt tired from my long run yesterday
• My goal was to run all miles right under 10:00
• Mile 1 and 2 hovered around 10:25 - At mile 1.5, I stopped at home to change shirts (overdressed)
• The remaining  6 miles were under 10:00 and at a comfortable pace

Pace: 9:11

Conditions:

• 54°
• Winds N 8 mph

Observations:

• I am the worst at figuring out the proper attire. Once again, I had to run home to shed layers. Ugh!
• I was hppy with my final pace time. Starting out is slow. Here is my mileage breakdown:

          Mile 1 - 10:33 / Mile 2 - 9:40 / Mile 3 - 9:24 / Mile 4 - 9:23 / Mile 5 - 8:30 /

          Mile 6 - 8:44 / Mile 7 - 8:39 / Mile 8 - 8:30

Pace: Speed Work (treadmill)

• 2 x 3 miles / 1 mile recovery
• Speed - 8:48 (ran an extra speed mile)
• Recovery - 9:20

Pace: 9:20

Conditions:

• 52°
• Winds S 13 mph

Observations:

• Tried to stay below 10:00 minute miles even though it was supposed to be an easy, slow day
• I would have liked more miles under 9:00 minute miles as I am tryin to push faster mileage toward the end of each run
• Mile 1 - 10:01 / Mile 2 - 9:50 / Mile 3 - 9:28 / Mile 4 & 5 - 9:15 / Mile 6 - 9:13 / Mile 7 - 8:47 / Mile 8 - 8:42

Pace: 9.28

Conditions:

• 56°
• Wind SW 10mph
• Drizzle Rain

Running Agenda:

• Run my slower marathon pace (9:45 - 9:40). Then, push a faster pace toward the end of my mileage. Clearly, I am clueless at pacing myself! I hope pacers attend my April race.
• Here is my mileage breakdown: Mile 1 - 9:56 / Mile 2 - 9:34 / Mile 3 - 9:37 / Mile 4 - 9:24 / Mile 5 - 9:14 / Mile 5.54 - 8:38

Pace: 9.41 (rolling hills)

Conditions:

• 41° (feels like 35°)
• Winds NW 8 mph

Today's Running Goals:

• Hydrate every 2 miles / Food every 5 miles -  (probably need food more often)
• Complete 16 miles by 2:40:00 - (2:37:34)
• Increase speed with final 6 miles to go - (final 12 miles were continuous hills making the last 6 miles really hard to increase my speed / mile 21 turned into splits / it was the only way that I could convince myself to finish

Take Aways:

• Even though I bonked on mile 21, my overall pace improved from last week (10:00 last week to 9:40 this week). Plus, I ran an additional 2 miles this week.
• Here are my 5 mile splits: 5 miles - 9:49 / 10 miles - 9:49 / 15 miles - 9:51 / 20 miles - 9:45 / 22.02 - 8:30
• I'd like to see what my pace for a long run is like on a flat course, but it is probably best that I stick with this hilly course. Pushing myself now on the hills hopefully works to my advantage on race day since the course is flat. My fingers are crossed that I won't be physically spent on the final 6 miles of race day. One can always dream!

Pace: 9:47

Conditions:

• 39°
• Winds ENE 6 mph

Running Goals for Today:

• Practice with some new food (CLIF Bar/cut into bite-size pieces)
• Drink every mile
• Run at prescribed slow easy pace - 10:15
• Increase pace for the final 2 miles

Observations:

• Chewing a CLIF bar while running and breathing is an art form - I am not gifted!
• Worth the practice; the higher nutrition value may be beneficial on my long runs
• Drinking every mile was manegeable
• Here are my 2 miles splits: 2 miles - 10:16 / 4 miles - 10:18 / 6 miles - 9:40 / 8 miles - 9:40 / 10 miles - 9:01/ 10.06 - 8:23
• Proud of myself for running this morning - I did not recover well yesterday from my 22 miler. I have no appetite. I need to force myself to eat. Grocery shopping was a blur. We have a lot of strange food in the refrigerator and pantry now!

Pace: Strength Workout (treadmill)

• 4 x 1.5 miles/500 recovery
• Strength - 8:49
• Recovery - 9:22

Pace: 9:34

Conditions:

• 48°
• Winds E 12 mph

Running Goal for the Day:

• Easy, slow pace for the first 4 miles (10:00)
• Run final 2 miles at marathon pace (9:30)
• Try putting my drink and food pack facing the front - pack has been digging into my spine and I usually have to stop to put my drink containers back into the holders

Observations:

• Split pace - Mile 1 - 10:00 / Mile 2 - 10:09 / Mile 3 - 9:46 / Mile 4 - 9:20 / Mile 5 - 9:11 / Mile 6 - 8:55  For the love of Pete, I just can not pace myself!
• Moving the pack was GENIUS!!!

Pace: Tempo (treadmill)

• Warm-up - 9:22
• Tempo - 8:56

Pace: 9.38

Conditions:

• 36° (feels like 28°)
• Wind: WNW 10mph

Goal for the Day:

• Just run something

Observations:

• I was not interested in running this morning. My mind crabbed for the first 2 miles. I told myself to complete 1 more, then another, and finally 1 last mile. It was not pretty outwardly or inwardly, but this might mimic how I feel toward the end of my upcoming marathon. It was probably more beneficial than I want to believe!

Pace: 9.39 (rolling hills)

Conditions:

• 33°
• Wind S 0 mph

Running Goals for the Day:

• Eat nutrition and take in fluids every 2 miles - see if it helps with my energy level toward the later mileage
• Run at a faster pace than last weeks long run - finish between 9:35 - 9:39

Observations:

• Nutrition and fluid goal worked well. I also practiced walking while taking in my nutrition to mimic what might  happen on race day
• I would have liked to finish my overall pace at 9:35, but I had a fair amount of left knee pain. I've never had that so I did not want to injure myself by pushing my speed.

Pace: 9.39

Conditions:

• 49°
• Wind SSE 10mph

Running Goal for the Day:

• Just run, no worries about pacing
• Ensure that knee pain from yesterday was a fluke - pulled my knee wrap up onto my calf just in case I need it

Observations:

• Surprised that I was not fatigued from yesterday's long run - yeah body!
• I pulled my knee wrap up to my left knee around mile 5, slightest tinge of discomfort, chose not to risk any type of injury
• Once again, I overdressed - I really need to get this correct on race day
• Happy that I finished with the same pace as yesterday
• Splits - 2 miles - 10:12 / 4 miles - 9:40 / 6 miles - 9:36 / 8 miles - 9:41 / 10 miles - 9:36 / 12 miles - 9:28 / 13.04 miles - 9:08

Pace: 9:18

Conditions:

• 64°
• Wind S 11mph

Goals for the Day

• Run withou knee pain - 2 tynenol
• Increase speed with each mile

Observations:

• No knee pain!
• Splits - 1 mile - 10:17 / 2 miles - 9:35 / 3 miles - 9:18 / 4 miles - 8:45 / 5 miles - 8:38 / 6 miles - 8:23

Pace: Strength workout (treadmill)

• 6 x 1 mile (8:45)
• 400 Recovery (9:22)

Pace: Tempo (treadmill)

• Warm-up/Cool-down - 9.:30
• Mile 2 - 6 / 8:45
• Mile 7 - 9 / 8:34

Pace: 9:11

Conditions:

• 54°
• Wind N 1 mph

Goal of the Day:

• Easy pace since tomorrow is mylast long run before my tapering of two weeks
• Easy Pace - 11:00 (B) or 10:10 (A) / See how I feel after starting

Observations:

• Decided to do Easy Pace A since my first mile was 10:04
• Once I hit my stride, every thing goes south mentally - "I am not ready for a marathon." "Why am I running another mararthon?" "Every one else on this blog is incredibly fast even when they lament it was a slow, bad day." Yada. Yada. Yada.
• Here are my splits - Mile 1 / 10:04 - Mile 2 / 9:32 - Mile 3 - 9:24 / Mile 4 - 9:09 / Mile 5 / 8:52 - Mile 6 / 9:19 (marathon intersection stop light) Mile 7 / 8:47 - Mile 8 / 8:20
• I don't like when I beat myself up mentally. Comparison is a silly foe. Thank goodness for tomorrows. Back at it with a clean slate!

Pace: 9:31 (rolling hills)

Conditions:

• 62°
• Wind SW 10 mph
• Brief downpour around mile 2

Goal of the Day:

• Run!

Pace: 9:03

Conditions:

• 63°
• Wind SW 9 mph

Goal for the Day:

• This is the week leading up to my marathon so everything is about keeping my legs loose, avoiding injury, and preparing myself mentally

Pace: 9:04

Conditions:

• 49°
• Wind ENE 4 mph

Goal of the Day:

• Run - Don't worry about pace

Observations:

• Splits - Mile 1/9:31 - Mile 2/9:18 - Mile 3/9:04 - Mile 4/9:06 - Mile 5/8:50 - Mile 6/8:37

Pace: 9:35

Conditions:

• 64°
• Wind S 6 mph

Goal of the Day:

• Run easy an pace, push a little with the final mile

Observations:

• Splits - Mile 1/10:14 - Mile 2/9:47 - Mile 3/9:46 - Mile 4/9:21 - Mile 5/8:58 - Mile 5.50/9:04

Pace: 10:42 (ouch)

Observations:

• Worst marathon finish EVER!
• Pneumonia
• Physically rundown by mile 16
• Don't even recall crossing the finish line

Pace: 9:35

Conditions:

• 70°
• 79% humidity
• Misting rain began around mile 7

Running Goal for the Day:

• Just see what my body is able to do following my disastorous marathon

Observations:

• Stepping out for the first time in a week brought to my mind a quote from the Virginia Woolf classic: "The beauty of the world... has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder." This pretty much summed up how I felt about my first few miles: overjoyed and petrified.

Pace: 9:10

Conditions:

• 48°
• Wind: WSW 14 mph
• Humidity: 66%

Goal for the Day:

• Focus on maintaining a faster pace (under 9:30)

Observations:

• I need to lift weights again - my arms and abs are not tight (very aware of them while running)

Pace: Strength Workout (treadmill)

• 3 x 2 miles/800 recovery
• Warm-Up/Recovery - 9:20
• Strength - 8:40

Pace: Tempo Workout (trreadmill)

• Warm-up - 9:34
• 5K - 8:34
• Tempo (3 miles) - 8:28
• Cool-downish - 8:58

Pace: 9:38

Conditions:

• 44° (feels like 40°)
• Winds NNW 8 mph
• Short duration of light rainfall

Observations:

• I am in a mental running slump
• I really need to follow my training schedule of slow runs which means that I run 10:00 miles or above on my longer runs. i am not seeing any improvement. I attribute that to being physically worn-out. I never truly rest my body.

Pace: 10.07

Conditions:

• 41°
• Wind: NW15 mph

Running Goal for the Day:

• Run my easy pace which is 10:15

Observations:

• Mentally this was a game changer. I was more motivated. I experienced little, if any, defeatest self-talk.
• The real test will be tomorrow morning. Will I still be mentally motivated to run?
• Splits: 2 miles - 10:09 / 4 miles - 10:01 / 6 miles - 10:13 / 8 miles - 10:09 / 12 miles - 10:16 / 14 miles - 10:00 / 14.54 - 8:21

Pace: 9:30

Conditions:

• 42°
• Wind S4 mph

Observations:

• Splits 1 mile - 10:09 / 2 miles - 9:39 / 3 miles - 9:39 / 4 miles - 9:31 / 5 miles - 9:16 / 6 miles - 9:14 / 7 miles - 8:57

Pace:  Strength Workout (treadmill)

• 1 mile warm-up/9:31
• 4 x 1.5 mile/8:32
• 800 recovery/9:20
• 1 mile cool-down/8:58

Pace: Tempo Workout (treadmill)

• Splits / 1 mile - 9:39 / 5K - 8:57 / 2 miles - 8:49 / 2 miles - 8:41 / 1 mile - 8:34

Pace: 9:02

Conditions:

• 53°
• Wind NNE 5 mph

Observations:

• Splits / 1 mile - 9:36 / 2 miles - 9:23 / 3 miles - 9:16 / 4 miles - 9:00 / 5 miles - 8:40 / 6 miles - 8:11

Pace: 9:41 (easy pace)

Pace: 9:37

Conditions:

• 61°
• Wind WSW 11 mph

Goal of the Day: Go for a steady, easy half-marathon run

Observations:

• Finally dressed appropriately and brought the correct amount of nutrition and fluids - Yeah me!
• I ran a different route and it was a welcome change!
• Splits - 2 miles - 9:48 / 4 miles - 9:36 / 6 miles - 9:28 / 8 miles - 9:31 / 10 miles - 9:46 / 12 miles  - 9:22

Pace: Slow, easy pace in preparation for half-marathon this weekend

Pace: 9:07

Conditions:

• 68°
• Wind: SSE 7 mph
• Humitdity 73%

Goal:

• Complete my final tempo run before half-marathon
• Running outdoors instead of the treadmill so anything may happen with my pacing

Observations:

• It was hot, hot, hot!
• Splits / 1 mi - 10:11 / 2 mi - 9:30 / 3 mi - 9:07 / 4 mi - 9:01 / 5 mi - 8:45 / 6 mi - 8:09

Pace: 9:40

Conditioins:

• 75°
• Wind SSW 11 mph
• Light rain and lightning (had to cut my run short)

Goal of the Day: Easy, slow pace to keep legs loose

Pace: 9:17

Conditions:

• 68°
• Wind: SSW 4 mph

Goal for the Day: Slow, easy pace

Observations:

• It was good to get a sense of the outdoor temperature. Tomorrow's race mirrors todays temperature
• I could not get my Garmin to talk to me today which meant I ran much too fast
• Already in panic mode. I stopped 3X to check my settings. they were all correct. I am clueless as to why I had no audible voice.

Pace: 9:07 (13.37 miles according to my Garmin)

Conditions:

• 65° (feels like 69°)
• Wind SE 8 mph
• Humidity 85%

Goal of the Day:

• Run with the 2:00:00 race pacer
• Finish around 1:57:00

Observations:

• Don't rely on the pacers accuracy for finishing time - I finished 5 minutes ahead of the pacer, but still missed my goal.
• Splits / 2 mi - 9:07 / 4 mi - 9:05 / 6 mi - 9:00 / 8 mi - 9:05 / 10 mi - 9:08 / 12 mi - 9:13 / 13:38 - 9:05
•  

Pace: 9:36

Conditioins:

• 67°
• Wind S 12 mph
• 88% humidity

Goal for the Day:

• Loosen my legs from yesterday's run

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:46 / 4 mi - 9:34 / 6 mi - 9:42 / 8 mi - 9:30 / 10 mi - 9:25

Pace: 9:29

Conditions:

• 57°
• Wind SE 3 mph

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:06 / 2 mi - 9:38 / 3 mi - 9:40 / 4 mi - 9:13 / 5 mi 9:22 / 6 mi - 8:49

Pace:

• 6 mi - 9:14
• 3 mi - not timed (Girls on the Run practice 5K)

Conditions:

• 55°
• Wind NW 0 mph

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:29 / 2 mi - 9:36 / 3 mi - 9:25 / 4 mi - 8:52 / 5 mi - 8:42 / 6 mi - 8:16

Pace: Tempo Workout (treadmill)

• 1 mi - 9:40 / 2 mi - 9:31 / 3 mi - 9:13 / 4 mi - 8:57 / 5 mi - 8:41 / 6 mi - 8:27 / 7 mi - 8:12

Pace: 8:37

Conditions:

• 54°
• S 8 mph

Goal of the Day:

• Slow, easy pace
• 5 miles

Observations:

• First two miles were quicker than normal, so I just pushed to see what I could do
• Splits / 1 mi - 9:35 / 2 mi - 8:47 / 3 mi - 8:53 / 4 mi - 8:17 / 5 mi  - 8:05 / 6 mi - 7:58
• RUN FELT AWESOME THE ENTIRE TIME!

Pace: 9:27

Conditions:

• 70°
• Wind: WSW 5 mph
• Humidity: 81%

Goal of the Day:

• Steady marathon pace - 9:35

Splits: 

• 2 mi - 9:39 / 4 mi - 9:25 / 6 mi - 9:25 / 8 mi - 9:34 / 10 mi - 9:23 / 12 mi - 9:31 / 13.07 - 9:00

Pace: 9:45

I had planned to run 10 miles this morning. Then, I noticed a ton of Secret Service vehicles parked near our small town airport. I stopped and watched the Vice President land at our airport for a clandestine visit. I got a few good pictures and experience a fun, chance encounter.

Pace: 9:25

Conditions:

• 61°
• Wind S 5 mph

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:22 / 4 mi - 9:51 / 6 mi - 9:19 / 8 mi - 9:28 / 10 mi - 9:32 / 11:48 - 8:40

Pace: 9:04

Conditions:

• 58°
• Wind SSW 5 mph
• Humidity 79%

Splits:

• 1 mi  - 9:44 / 2 mi - 9:30 / 3 mi - 9:12 / 4 mi - 8:52 / 5 mi - 8:42 / 5:95 - 8:20

Pace: Tempo Run (treadmill)

• All miles under 9:00 minutes

Pace: 9:14

Conditions:

• 63°
• Wind WSW 0 mph

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:41 / 4 mi - 9:19 / 6 mi - 9:16 / 8 mi - 9:41 / 10 mi - 9:10 / 12 mi - 9:07 / 13:58 - 8:10

Observations:

• I had planned to run my marathon pace, but my pace felt comfortable so I kept going
• Attempted to slow pace at 8 miles, but then thought let's practice pushing through fatigue
• Overall, am happy with final 3.5 mile push

Pace: 9:20

Conditions:

• 58°
• Wind NE 0 mph

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:03 / 2 mi - 9:26 / 3 mi - 9:25 / 4 mi - 9:04 / 5 mi - 9:14 / 6 mi - 8:39
• Girls on the Run 5K - no time/ran as a buddy

Pace: 9:38

Conditions:

• 63°
• Wind SSW 0 mph
• Humidity 60%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 10:13 / 4 mi - 9:42 / 6 mi - 9:29 / 8 mi - 9:38 / 10 mi - 9:41 / 12 mi - 9:15 / 13.02 - 9:09

Observations:

• I was fatiqued from the get go today. Just happy to have finished.

Pace: 6.02

Conditions:

• 68° (feels like 70°)
• Wind SW 6 mph
• Humdity 86%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:57 / 2 mi 9:23 / 3 mi - 8:57 / 4 mi - 8;33 / 5 mi - 8:13 / 6.02 - 8:57
• Oh my goodness! Was it ever HOT and STICKY! I did not get out the door until 7 AM.
• Take away from that run - Get up earlier!

Pace: Speed (treadmill) / Hill (treadmill)

• 8 x 800/400 recovery/8:37/9:31
• Hill - Level 5 (wimp)/9:10/1.26 miles

Pace: 10:13

Conditions:

• 59°
• Wind N 5 mph

Splits:

• 1 mi - 11:47 / 2 mi - 10:53 / 3 mi - 10:22 / 4 mi - 9:54 / 5 mi - 9:14 / 6 mi - 8:50

Pace:

• Tempo (treadmill)
• Hill (treadmill)
• 5K - Midnight Run

Splits:

• 1.5 mi - 9.31 / 3.0 mi - 8:57 / 4.5 - 8:49 / 5.5 - 8:41 / 6.5 - 8:34 / 7.0 - 8:09
• Incline - 5.0/1.10 mi - 8:59

Pace: 9:38

Conditions:

• 62
• Wind NW 8 mph

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:35 / 4 mi - 10:03 / 6 mi - 9:38 / 8 mi - 9:50 / 10 mi - 9:54 / 12 mi - 9:30 / 14 mi - 9:02 / 14:30 - 8.40 

Pace: 9:26

Conditions:

• 64°
• Wind S 9 mph
• Humidity 60%

Goal of the Day:

• Slow easy pace - 10:00

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:13 / 2 mi - 9:12 / 3 mi - 9:36 / 4 mi - 9:25 / 5 mi - 9:39 / 6 mi - 9:47 / 7 mi - 9:27 / 8 mi - 9:31 / 9 mi - 9:38 / 10 mi - 8:52

Observations:

• Realized after 2 miles, I was running too fast - Although I was happy with that pace. I am typically a slow starter. That pace felt easy, breezey!
• Began to purposefully slow my pace
• Around mile 6, I realized that it was a lot of hard work to slow my pace to 10:00. I decided to just run and let my pace drop to a natural flow. It appears that somewhere between 9:30 and 9:35 is my sweet spot.

Pace: 9:36

Conditions:

• 76°
• Wind SSW 8 mph
• humidit 66%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:29 / 2 mi - 10 :01 / 3 mi - 9:33 / 4 mi - 9:21 / 5 mi - 9:36 / 6 mi - 8:34

Pace:  Speed (treadmill) 8 x 800/400 recovery

            Hill (treadmill) 1 mi/Level 5 - 8:57

• Warm-up/Cool-down - 9:12
• Recovery - 8:57
• Speed - 8:27

Pace: Tempo (treadmill)

• 1 mi - 9:34 / 2 mi -8:57 / 3 mi - 8:49 / 4 mi - 8:41 / 5 mi -8:34 / 6 mi - 8:27 / 7.25 mi - 8:00
• Hill (treadmill) - 1.12 mi/8:59/5.0

Average Pace: 8:56 (Holy cow!)

Conditions:

• 68°
• Wind SE 0 mph
• Humidity 90%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:38 / 2 mi - 9:13 / 3 mi - 8:52 / 4 mi - 8:57 / 5 mi - 8:48 / 6 mi - 8:25 / 6:38 - 8:04
• Running was relativily easy today!

Averae Overall Pace: 9:29

Conditions:

• 71°
• Wind S 16 mph
• Humidity 57%

 Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:33 / 4 mi - 9:38 / 6 mi - 9;16 / 8 mi - 9:24 / 10 mi - 9:33 / 12 mi 9:24

Average Pace: 10.02 

Conditions:

• 57
• Wind ESE 5 mph
• Humidity 57%

Splits:

• ​1 mi - 11:05 / 2 mi - 10:16 / 3 mi - 9:27 / 4 mi - 10:00 / 5 mi - 9:29  / 6 mi - 9:34 / 6. 50 8:40
• Running in Reno, Nevada - Clueless as to where I was going so time was slow

Overall Average Pace: 9:02

Conditions:

• 64
•  Wind E 7 mph
• Humidity 19%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:30 / 2 mi - 9:28 / 3 mi - 9:16 / 4 mi - 9:30 / 5 mi - 10:06 / 6 mi - 9:17 /  7 mi - 8:12 / 8 mi - 8:31 / 9 mi - 10:25 / 10 mi - 9:05
• Ran without any hydration since the dogs chewed chewed the bottles for my running belt. With the low humidity in Reno O only felt hot and parched at mile 9.
• Easier run today since I knew where I was 

Average Overall Pace: 9:44

Splits: 

• 1 mi- 10:59 / 2 mi - 10:02 / 3 mi - 9:30 / 4 mi - 9:05 / 5 mi - 9:09 / 6 mi - 9:02 / 7 mi - 9:42 / 8 mi - 10:15 / 9 mi - 10:03 / 9.54 - 9:20

Pace: 11:12 (San Francisco)

Average Pace: 10:09 (trail run)

Walnut Creek, CA

Observations:

- This is what ran through my mind as I ran,

"With a hill, hill here,

And a hill, hill there,

Here a hill, there a hill,

Everywhere a hill, hill..."

Pace: 9:47 (Walnut Creek, CA - hills)

Pace: 9:40 (back home in Columbus, IN)

Conditions:

• 72°
• Wind WW 13 mph

Pace: 9:29

Conditions:

• 62°
• Wind W 6 mph
• Humidity 57%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 10:01 / 4 mi - 9:35 / 6 mi - 9:52 / 8 mi - 9:01 / 10 mi - 8:55
• I felt extremely sluggish this morning
• My new shoes felt tight and heavy

Pace: 6 x 1km / 400 recovery (treadmill

• Speed - 8:34
• Recovery - 9:22

Hill: 8:59/5.0/1 mile

Average Overall Pace: 8:48

• Strength Training - run was phyisically and mentally difficult up to mile 4
• Treadmill
• Hill - 1 mile

Yesterday/Rest Day:

• 30 miles on bike (mostly flat

Average Daily Pace: 9:25

Conditions:

• 74°
• Wind S 14 mph
• Humidity 61%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 11:01 / 2 mi - 9:44 / 3 mi - 9:57 / 4 mi - 9:16 / 5 mi - 8:58 / 6 mi - 8:49 / 7 mi - 8:32 / 7:40 - 8:33
• I really felt the heat when I started running at 5:15 AM. Also, my toes and the tops of my feet hurt for the first few miles. I had to mentally focus on other thoughts otherwise I would not have finished my run.
• I had hoped that by going back to the Brooks brand of shoes this foot problem would go away. It may just take some time. I know that the shoes are wider than my Saucony's.

Average Overall Pace: 9:44

Conditions:

• 69°
• Wind SW 6 mph
• Humidity 88%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:48 / 4 mi - 9:51 / 6 mi - 9:41 / 8 mi - 9:39 / 10 mi - 9:59 / 12 mi - 9:31 / 14 mi - 9:41 / 15:10 - 9:38
• My toes and the top of my feet felt much better this morning.
• My goal was to stay just below 10 minute miles.

Overall Average Pace: 9:16

Conditions: 

• 65°
• Wind WSW 4 mph
• Humidity 64%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:28 / 4 mi - 9:51 / 6 mi - 9:22 / 8 mi - 8:53 / 10 mi - 8:49
• The first 4 miles felt awful physically and mentally. I just wasn't in the mood. At 4.5 miles, I focused on my breathing (practicing mindfulness) and my pace just started flowing. 

Average Overall Pace:

• 8:54 (6.10 miles)
• Cool-down (1.02 miles) - I forgot to re-start Map My Run program

Conditions:

• 67°
• Wind E 5 mph
• Humidity 40%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:38 / 2 mi 9:21 / 3 mi - 8:51 / 4 mi - 8:44 / 5 mi - 8:31 / 6 mi - 8:16  
• My final mile was very hard. I decided to just use mile 7 as a cool-down since I finished 6.10 miles at 54:20. I was happy with that time.
• Grateful that I decided to bring some hydration with me. I really needed it at mile 3 and 5.

Average Overall Pace:

• Long run - 9.21
• Cool-down - 9.38

Conditions:

• 70°
• SSE 5 mph
• Humitdity 60%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:54 / 4 mi - 9:46 / 6 mi - 9:04 / 8 mi - 9:08 / 10 mi - 9:17 / 12 mi - 8:52 / 12:55 - 9:26

Average Overall Pace: 9:44

Pace:

• Slow, Easy - 9:55

Average Overall Pace: 9:34 (ran about 4 miles with my son to pace him between 10:00 - 10:30 minute mile pace)

Splits:

• 1mi - 9:27 / 2 mi 9:43 / 3 mi - 9:26 / 4 mi - 9:44 / 5 mi - 9:35 / 6 mi - 12:09  / 7 mi 8:53 / 8 mi - 9:02 / 9 mi - 8:37 / 10 mi - 9:22

Average Overall Pace: 9:34

Conditions:

• 71°
• Wind S 7 mph
• Humidity 86%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:55 / 2 mi - 9:41 / 3 mi - 9:50 / 4 mi - 9:18 / 5 mi - 9:23 / 6 mi - 9:11 / 7 mi - 8:36
• Extremely sluggish and totally not in the mood

Average Overall Pace: 8:47 (clapping for myself!)

• Tempo Run (outside, that's right!!!)

Conditions:

• 75°
• Wind WSW 8 mph
• Humidity 78%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:02 / 2 mi - 8:59 / 3 mi - 8:53 / 4 mi - 8:31 / 5 mi - 8:22 / 6.25 mi - 7:48
• I slept in this morning, so it was already hot and humid. I finished just before the clouds opened with a deluge of rain!
• Ignoranace can be bliss sometimes. I was unable to hear the loud thunderclaps due to my headphones. I probably would have headed home earlier.

Pace: Speed Workout (treadmill)

• Speed: 400 - 800 - 1200 - 1600 - 1200 - 800 - 400 / 8:34
• Recovery: 400 / 9:22
• Hills: 1600 / 8:58 / Incline 6

Average Overall Pace: 9:25

Conditions:

• 77°
• Wind SW 10 mph
• Overcast, rain, downpour with thunder and lightning, rain

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:08 / 2 mi - 8:55 / 3 mi -9:25 (waited out the storm under a church awning) / 4 mi - 9:13 / 5 mi - 9:32 / 6 mi - 8: 46 / 6.59 mi - 8:48
• I had planned to run further but the thunder started clapping. I thought it best to head home.
• I'll rest tomorrow for one hot, humid half-marthon on Saturday.

Average Overall Pace: 9:01

Conditions:

• 78°
• Winds SW 8 mph

Race Day Experience:

• In typical fashion, I had technology problems. Why and how this happens is a mystery to me. It must be nerves. At my next race, I am NOT going to do a technology pre-check. Somewhere during this ritual, I mess up my programs and then everything goes south from there.
• I had zero music during the half-marathon. After the first mile of trying to run and fix my technology, I pulled out my earbuds. I stuffed them in my running belt and turned up my pace.
• Those first 3 miles were a mental mess! I always run with music so it was a battle of the wills to continue rather than give up.
• I found a guy that appeared to have a steady pace. I chose to let him be my pacer. At mile 10, he fell back. I pressed on knowing that he would most likely resurge toward the final mile.
• At mile 12.5, he caught back up with me. We brought ourselves across the finish line close to the same time. We thanked each other profusely.

After Thoughts:

• I will not pretend that running without music was okay. I had no idea how noisy runners are - heavy breathing, feet pounding, mouths spitting, throats clearing - during a race. It was pretty disgusting, but I'll admit that race cacophony drove me to push through each mile with determination and focus.
• There were no timing clocks along the way so I had zero knowledge of my pace until mile 13. I saw the clock at 1:57:??! I was elated! Unfortunately, my official time was disappointing! It is incredible to me how many seconds it takes to complete a tenth of a mile. I practice, practice, practice this tenth of a mile consistently. It still conquers me every race day!

Average Overall Pace: 9:26

Conditions:

• 82°
• Wind 0 mph
• Humidity 20%

Splits: 1 mi - 10:00 / 2 mi - 9:51 / 3 mi - 9:29 / 4 mi - 9:18 / 5 mi - 9:16 / 6 mi - 8:58 / 6.25 mi - 7:50

Overall Average Pace: 9:25

Conditions:

• 71°
• Wind WSW 5 mph
• Humidity 66%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:38 / 4 mi - 9:00 / 6 mi - 9:57 / 8 mi - 10:24 / 10 mi - 8:38 / 11:07 mi - 8:38
• I joined my son at mile 6 - 8 so my pace decreased

Average Overall Pace: 9.15

Conditions:

• 69°
• Wind SE 0 mph
• Humidity 88%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:44 / 4 mi - 9:11 / 6 mi - 9:07 / 8 mi - 9:08 / 10 mi - 8 :50 / 10:38 mi  - 8:38
• I was not in the mood to run this morning. My toes are bothering me inside my shoes. I wonder if my feet are just not used to being in shoes since I am on summer vacation. Too bad I head back to the classroom in 2 weeks!

Pace: 9:17

Pace: 10.01

Pace: 9.29

Average Overall Pace: 9:10

Conditions:

• 63°
• Wind ENE 4 mph
• Humidity 85%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:38 / 2 mi - 9:21 / 3 mi - 9:31 / 4 mi - 9:20 / 5 mi - 9:13 / 6 mi -8:52 / 7 mi - 9:00 / 8 mi - 8:46 / 8.5 mi - 8:20

Overall Average Pace: 9:36

Conditions:

• 76°
• Wind S 5 mph
• Humidity 66%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 9:54 / 4 mi - 9:50 / 6 mi - 9:43 / 8 mi - 9:44 / 10 mi - 9:40 / 12 mi - 9:02 / 13:08 - 8:54
• Focused on a slow, easy pace / entire run felt great

Pace: ???

Conditions:

• 74°
• Wind NE 0 mph
• Humidity 94%

Splits:

• I get so frutrated with technology updates. MapMyRun updated its programs. Unfortunate;ly, I lost my data for today's run. Bummer! Also, I am clueless how the updated program works. Deep breaths of mindfulness are already happening for the proper attitude for tomorrow! lol

Pace: 10.28

Average Overall Pace:

• Slow miles - 9:41
• Fast miles - 9:14

Conditions:

• 63°
• Wind NNE 1 mph
• Humitdity 80%

Overall Average Pace: 9:00 (tempo run)

• It's supposed to be a tempo run, but I really don't know what I am doing!

Conditions:

• 72°
• Wind E 1 mph
• Humidity 70%

 Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:18 / 2 mi - 8:55 / 3 mi - 9:13 / 4 mi - 9:07 / 5 mi - 9:04 / 6 mi - 8:19 / 7 mi - 8:59

Pace: 9:05

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:00 / 2 mi - 9:18 / 3 mi - 9:20 / 4 mi - 9:12 / 5 mi - 8:37 / 6 mi - 8:03

Pace: 9:08

Conditions:

• 65°
• Wind NE 0 mph
• humidity 93%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:54 / 2 mi -9:21 / 3 mi - 9:31 / 4 mi - 8:54 / 5 mi - 8:35 / 6 mi - 8:22

Pace: 9:13

Conditions:

• 71°
• Wind SSW 7 mph
• Humidity 89%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:51 / 2 mi - 9:41 / 3 mi - 9:40 / 4 mi - 9:27 / 5 mi - 9:04 / 6 mi - 8:42 / 7 mi - 8:43 / 8 mi - 8:20

Pace: 9:31

Conditions:

• 54° (unbelieveable)
• Wind SSE 2 mph
• Humidity 84%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 10:19 / 4 mi - 9:15 / 6 mi - 9:32 / 8 mi - 9:22 / 10 mi - 9:37 / 12 mi - 9:37 / 14 mi - 9:28 / 16 mi - 8:52
• I planned to  do 13 miles, but the temperature was so favorable I decided to go further. I felt strong and could have kept running. I figured that I'd save some miles for tomorrow.
• I will finish the week about 3 miles shy of targeted goal for the week. It is always a struggle getting back into sync following summer break.

Overall Average Pace: 9:28

Conditions:

• 65°
• Wind NE 2 mph
• Humidity 75%

Splits:

• 2 mi - 10:17 / 4 mi - 9:43 / 6 mi - 9:49 / 8 mi - 9:01 / 10 mi - 8:33
• I have been pleased with my strong 4 mile pushes at the end of my run. I am hoping that this practice will help me at the end of my upcoming 3 half-marathons.

Overall Average Pace: 9:15

Conditions:

• 65°
• Wind N 9 mph
• Humidity 100% (steady rain)

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:07 / 2 mi - 9:35 / 3 mi - 9:16 / 4 mi - 9:00 / 5 mi - 8:45 / 6 mi -8:49

Pace: Speed Work (treadmill)

• 4 x 1 mile / 400 recovery
• Speed - 8:00
• Recovery - 9:13

Overall Average Pace: Tempo Workout

• 8:55 - 6.08 miles

Conditions:

• 61°
• Wind NE 0 mph
• Humidity 79%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:44 / 2 mi - 9:01 / 3 mi - 8:59 / 4 mi - 8:40 / 5 mi - 8:37 / 6 mi - 8:22
• 1 mi - 9:01 / 2 mi - 8:33 / 2.50 mi - 7:46 (This last 2.50 miles was supposed to be a cool-down but it did not turn out that way)

Overall Average Pace:

• 4.46 miles - 8.51
• 2.50 miles - 8:36

Conditions:

• 66°
• Wind WSW 8 mph
• Humidity 62%

Overall Average Pace:

• 5.17 miles - 9:12 (on my own)
• 8.20 miles - 10:52 (paced my son)
• 3.11 miles - (on my own)

Conditions:

• 65°
• Wind N 7 mph
• Humidity 84%

Splits (my individual miles):

• 1 mi - 9:53 / 2 mi - 9:26 / 3 mi - 9:56 / 4 mi - 8:42 / 5.17 mi - 8:01
• 1 mi -10:06 / 2 mi - 8:35 / 3.12 mi - 8:18

Overall Average Pace:

• 4 miles - 9:46 (paced my son)
• 7.06 miles - 9:05

Conditions:

• 59°
• Humidity 90%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:49 / 2 mi - 9:21 / 3 mi - 9:20 / 4 mi - 9:12 / 5 mi - 9:00 / 6 mi - 8:38 / 7 mi - 8:08

Overall Average Pace: 9:26

Conditions:

• 64°
• Wind W 1 mph
• Humidity 81%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:25 / 2 mi - 9:38 / 3 mi - 9:39 / 4 mi - 9:23 / 5 mi - 9:19 / 6 mi - 9:11 / 7 mi - 9:24 / 8 mi - 9:12 / 9 mi - 8:36
• I tried not to push my pace this morning. I mostly pushed for higher mileage. This week I need to run 61 miles. I am not sure how that is going to happen! I have 41 more miles to run after today.

Workout: Speed Work

• 6 x 1 mile / 400

Overall Average Pace: 8:53

Conditions:

• 74°
• Wind SW 6 mph
• Humidity 62%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:34 / 2 mi - 8:51 / 3 mi - 8:49 / 4 mi - 8:37 / 5 mi - 8:43 / 6 mi - 8:34 / 7 mi - 8:45 / 8 mi - 8:35 / 9 mi - 9:15 / 10 mi - 9:04

Average Overall Pace: 9:05

Conditions:

• 72°
• WindW 11 mph
• Humidity 60%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9:58 / 2 mi - 9:25 / 3 mi - 9:24 / 4 mi - 9:03 / 5 mi - 8:38 / 6 mi - 8:29 / 6:57 mi - 8:13

Average Overall Pace: (easy pace day)

• On my own - 9:30
• With my son then on my own - 10:25

Conditions:

• 69°
• Wind SSE 4 mph
• Humidity 94% (off and on drizzles throughout the run)

Splits:

• On my own: 1 mi - 10:10 / 2 mi - 9:26 / 3 mi - 9:30 / 4 mi - 9:16 / 5 mi - 9:15 / 6 mi - 8:59 / 7 mi - 10:11 / 8 mi - 9:07 / 8:50 - 9:00
• With my son: 1 mi - 10:31 / 2 mi - 10:36 / 3 mi - 13:54 / 4 mi 11:51 / 5 mi - 10:43
• On my own again - 1 mi - 9:33 / 2 mi - 9:24 / 3 mi - 9:05 / 4 mi - 8:51

Overall Average Pace:

• On my own: 9:33
• With my son: 10:42

Conditions:

• 70°
• Wind NW 0 mph
• Humidity 78%

Splits:

• On my own: 1 mi - 10:08 / 2 mi - 9:38 / 3 mi - 10:38 / 4 mi - 9:01 / 5 mi - 9:21 / 6 mi - 9:12 / 7 mi -8:43
• I was a distracted runner this morning. I just couldn't focus. My pacing shows it.
• With my son: 1 mi - 10:29 / 2 mi - 10:18 / 3 mi - 10:49 / 4 mi - 11:00 / 5 mi - 11:17 / 6 mi 10:04

Overall Average Pace:

• Fast - 8.53
• Slow - 7:48 (my garmin turned off for 1/2 a mile or so. This is NOT correct!)

Conditions:

• 74°
• Wind NW 6 mph
• Humidity 87%

Splits:

• 1 mi - 9;54 / 2 mi - 9:03 / 3 mi - 9:06 / 4 mi - 8:37 / 5 mi - 8:45 / 6 mi - 7:53
• It was incredibly hot at 4:30 AM. I ran back home after mile 6 to get more gatorade. My goal was to slow my pace.
• 1 mi - 9:36 / 2 mi - 9:07 / 3 mi -8:53 / 4 mi - 3:23 (?) / 4:52 - 8:09