Not-so-fast-running-blog

Overall Average Pace: 12:20

Workout: Fast-paced walk (50 - 55 minutes)

• I walked for 3 miles. I thought that I was going insane.
• I am trying very hard to follow this new plan with fidelity. I know that I need to rest, but this felt beyond crazy. I was also getting shin splints with the walking.
• I ran slowly for the remaining 3 miles. This made more sense.

Splits:

• 1 mi - 14:30 / 2 mi - 13:37 / 3 mi - 13:25 / 4 mi - 10:42 / 5 mi - 11:11 / 6 mi - 10:25

Workout: Put in 55 - 60 minutes at marathon pace (9:32)

Overall Average Pace: 9:29

Conditions:

• 41°
• Wind SSW 7 mph
• Humitdity 95%
• Light drizzle of rain

Splits:

• 1 mi - 10:15 / 2 mi - 9:58 / 3 mi - 9:24 / 4 mi - 9:28 / 5 mi - 9:03 / 6 mi - 9:01 / 6.14 - 8:52

Thoughts:

• Finally finished near my marathon pace. I still need to figure out how to run with my target pace steadily. I either slow down too much or speed up too much.
• Today I turned on the "coach" feature to talk to me every two minutes. While this certainly helped, I found that the coach told me "Good job" when I was either 20 seconds too fast or too slow within my race pace. this feels like a wide range especially when the goal is to run a marathon.

Cross Training:

• Pilates/Core - 40 minutes
• Spinning - 45 minutes

Overall Average Pace: 10:33 / Easy pace

Cross Training:

• Spinning - 45 minutes

Overall Average Pace: 9:48 (Easy Pace Workout)

Splits:

• 1 mi - 11:08 / 2 mi- 10:17 / 3 mi - 9:58 / 4 mi - 9:39 / 5 mi - 9:30 / 6 mi - 8:21

Cross Training:

• Pilates & Core - 40 minutes
• Spinning - 45 minutes

Overall Average Pace: 10.22 (Easy Pace Workout)

Conditions:

• 50°
• Wind NNW 8 mph
• Humidity 97%
• Light drizzle

Splits:

• 2 mi - 10:18 / 4 mi - 10:10 / 6 mi - 9:49 / 8 mi - 9:57 / 10 mi - 10:27 / 12 mi - 10:46 / 13.09 - 9:54

Thoughts:

• I had hoped to finish with an overall pace of 10:15. I felt strong so I was a little surprised to see my pace slow so much during miles 9 - 12.
• I am still trying to figure out the coach feature on my Garmin app. I felt as if the coach was constantly telling me to slow my pace. Perhaps I should not have the coach talk to me every two minutes. I can try it at every five minutes and see if there is any kind of difference with my performance.

Cross Training:

• Spinning - 45 minutes

Overall Average Pace: 11:07 (Recovery run / Pace should be 11:42) / 5 x 20 second strides (60 - 90 seconds easy recovery)

Conditions:

• 36°
• Wind N 14 mph
• Humidity 89%
• Rain

Splits:

• 1 mi -11:10 / 2 mi - 11:01 / 3 mi - 11:24 / 4 mi - 11:35 / 5 mi - 10:07
• Strides / 7:27

Thoughts:

• Oops! I ran my strides for 30 seconds and only recovered for 30 seconds. I should have paid better attention to the training schedule before leaving the house. No wonder why they were so hard today!

Cross Training:

• SAM Phase 1 - Hard Day (strentgh and mobility)