smally

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Maybe 2 hours of sleep last night, I was frustrated but convinced that I was going to show up no matter how much sleep I got.  This was a great race mentally for me because I knew there was a fast field and I have not run a half marathon for 2 years so I needed the challenge.

Felt great for the entire race, weather was decent a bit of a wind on the way back but for July it was ideal.  Was not sure what I could do  but I quickly figured out after the first mile that I was going to shoot to stay below 6:20 average.  Of course my garmin was dead this morning and the low battery sign was on the watch so I could not see my time only the pace, I did not let it bother me because of experience.  I am done with a garmin for racing, only training, excited to buy a 40 dollar watch this week.

Basically felt strong the entire race and the last mile the 5k leader approached me and I asked him what he was trying to finish in and he said 18 mins so I decided to stick wth him which picked up my pace, with just over a half mile to go I took off on him and made a sprint to catch a runner in front of me, I was booking it and caught him at the line, we tied, I was really impressed with the kick.

Fun race, great for the confidence this fall trying to break 3 hours.

605,612,615,618,618,624,617,624,619,621,625,626,604 

3 at lunch, real slow, more stiff than i thought from yesterday's race.

3 pm with kids downstairs, mp.

race took a lot out of me

6 miles at the running clinic easy, talked with Daryl about the race etc.  Darren you had to take off, must of been the adjustment!!!

5, started with 3 miles with half hills at 4 incline @6:40 pace.

lack of motivation, 2 miles easy.  running the club tonight easy, tired.

going to run a long run wed and fri.

Crazy day, planned a med. long run but had a leak in the basement, took Julian to Tennis and a lot of other things.  I changed my mind to 10 mile but that was impossible with my mind racing so I did 4 miles on the TM and quit.  3 miles at 6:45 pace and 1 mile easy.

Later in the afternoon, I went back on the TM because it was muggy outside.

Good effort considering the its been tough since the race on Sunday.

3.1 - 17:42 (10.5 the entire way)

Took a break walking then I did 8 times 30 seconds at 10.2 with 10 incline, good burn for the legs.  The last one was 1min long, exhausted.  5 miles total, 9 for the day.

36:17 - 10k

Crazy morning at work, 60 pts, went overtime a bit so I decided to scrap my 10 mile easy flush run and go to the gym so I had time for paper work and lunch.  I did not plan on doing any speed because I had a good speed workout yesterday.  However it is actually harder for me to run a 10k MP on aTM  then to run a race pace. 

Felt good, I ran 5:52 for 5 mins then I would speed up for 1 minute at 5:30, this kept me from getting bored.  I wanted to stop at 4 miles but I grinded out another 2 miles and got it back together.  Had a cool down, lots of sweat, felt bad for the girl beside me.

20 miles tomorrow morning or longer.

Good week considering I was tired after the race Mon and Tue.

21 miles with G, county and then to the outlets. 

Lots of conversation and we worked hard on keeping the pace easy, today was about time on the feet, I wanted to run over 2 and half hours.

Last 2 miles I picked up because I was overheating and needed to finish the run, it did not matter the pace at that pnt, I wanted to be done.

Average for the 21 miles was 7:35, last 2 miles were 6:58

Golfed 18 after the run, fun.

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