Friday 10/05
Tempo run at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge trail.
6 mile @ half marathon pace (6:19min/mile)
Mile time
1 5:58
2 6:07
3 6:09
4 6:20
5 6:09
6 6:10
Don Edwards Wild Refuge near the Newby Island landfill
I couldn't wake up on time this morning to do a tempo run at the track, so did my tempo run during lunch at work on the levee at the south end of Don Edwards Wild Refuge trail.
There is a look-out deck I measured on my bike to the end of the dirt path that is approximately a mile. My target half marathon pace is 6:19 min/mile, but I lost track of my pace and resorted to couple seconds off my 10-K pace except for the 4th mile. I will work on my half-marathon pace next week.
It was a cool, clear day, a bit windy in Fremont. I wore a jacket at the beginning, but took off before the tempo run.
Saturday 10/06
A recovery run in the morning around 6:30am. I think it was the lowest this year so far at 41.6 degree. Brrr. I had to put on my running tights.
Ran to the hill nearby. Communications Hill, where the new home development took place recently.
The view from the halfway point
Downtown San Jose
I hope they keep don't keep building houses on the hillsides because there are foxes!
The sun coming up on the open field near home
Sunday 10/07
Tempo run
8 miles @ marathon pace (6:39 min/mile) at Los Alamitos Creek Trail.
Mile time
1 6:45
2 6:45
3 6:57
4 6:47
5 7:01
6 7:07
7 6:11 (the mile marker was probably off)
8 6:27
A clear, sunny day, not too hot. From 10:30am~12:30pm. Couldn't get my body out of the bed. Today's tempo run was tough. The Saturday's dance practice was taking a toll on my body. An easy marathon pace run felt like running a marathon after I hit the wall. I couldn't keep the target marathon pace from the first mile, and the pace kept getting slower and slower. I took a short water break after the 7th mile and got my second wind back. But, my legs were so tired after the tempo run I've decided to walk some of my cool down run (especially when I felt pain in my plantar). Took the rest of the day easy.
I have a 10-K obstacle race coming up on Saturday 10/13, so I'm going to modify this recovery week a little bit. I will do my key workouts on Tuesday and Thursday instead of Wednesday and Friday.
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