Good luck on your finals Alex.

7 miles via bike to the train this morning....thinking I'll just do the 7 miles home and then a 4 mile run tonight (versus 20 miles home via bike).

Felt great to be back on my bike again

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Alex--good luck on your finals!

In just a bit I'll be heading back up to the bike shop to test ride bikes. I hate this! It's 200x worse than buying running shoes. Wrong shoes and you are out $100 at most. Wrong bike and you are out $2000. OUCH!!! This bike has to last me a good 10 years or more.

It's gonna be a L-O-N-G day. Hubby kicked #1 off the computer before he left for work (dog hadn't been taken out and had pottied in the hosue, all because son hadn't taken her out before getting on the computer). Sons 3 and 4 were fighting over a cereal box, so I told them they were done with breakfast. Then they went to the family room and were fighting over the couch, blanket and remote control. #2 isn't even up yet...............

4 recovery miles this morning. Light drizzle, which was nice.

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Yay! I got to run today. 4.2 miles in 46:44.

Good luck on finals Alex

Nirvana - I wish we had drizzle. Kind of a haze this morning. I guess they call it June Gloom in SoCal. I was happy to see it myself.

Apple - Sorry you are disappointed with your times. But disappointed relative to what? McMillan predictors? Daniel's VDOT tables? Something else?

Have a great day all!
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What a day for a run or whatever it takes to get out. Gorgeous here in Northern VA.

I'm still trying to grasp what happened in my workout last night. It was simply amazing. I went down to the local high school track to do a tempo workout. My original called for 2x20 at "10k pace" and I decided to do it on the track because I wanted to get an accurate idea of just how much ground I was covering during these runs. So after 1200 warmup, stopping to stretch at 800, off I went. I put the watch on 20-minute countdown and decided to focus on just counting laps as opposed to watching splits. Still, though I started off quickly -- :86 for the first 400, 3:02 at the 800. After that I stopped paying attention to splits. But as the run progressed I could feel myself getting more relaxed and had an inkling I was actually getting faster rather than tiring. I started to wonder - could I actually make 5k during this run? If I did it would be post-40 PR for me, by a lot. The closer I got to finishing, the more I realized it was going to happen! I was in that elusive zone, running really fast yet feeling totally relaxed. As I hit 12.5 laps I looked down at the watch...still 1:12 to go! Holy ****, I had just run an 18:48!!! And then I nearly made it another 400 before the countdown beeper went off!

I celebrated the accomplishment by giving myself the second 20 minute tempo off and did 5x300 (100 recovery) instead. I was gassed but still hit the 300s in :58, 1:02, 1:04, 1:06, 1:06.

Anyway, on the 5k, I haven't run that fast since high school...a quarter century ago. I'm still not sure I believe it. My first thought was I must have miscounted the laps but I was being very careful about that and firmly believe I counted them right. Moreover, the Woodson track is a very fast surface, sometimes I felt like it was pulling me along.

So now the question is, did I just get lucky and catch lightning in a bottle last night, or did I just have a monster breakthrough? I hope it's the latter but am still too stunned to completely believe it.

The other question is, will I have anything left for indoor soccer tonight?

Have great runs out there. Alex, good luck with exams. Study hard and do well...college coaches look not just at times when they recruit.

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Hey everyone!
I'm taking one more day off. I'm sore in different places today, to I think one more day will be beneficial! I am going to do an easy 3 tomorrow!

Alex - You will do great on your finals, study hard!

4boysmom - Sounds like my house!

Billy - sounds like a nice run!

Apple - it sounds like your running courses are tough! Hang in there!

Brian - go for the half, have fun with it!

CMJ - Wow, awesome time!

Addy - congratulations on your marathon! You should be very proud!

Have a great day everyone!

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Experience is a hard teacher. It gives the test before the lesson.

cmj - Amazing !!!! Nothing like that feeling when you know you are in the moment of making a PR.

Addy - same course, slower times. Never thought about the foot turnover, but you could be right.

Billy - disapointed compaired to my previous time. I am getting slower!!! My average pace was between 9:15 - 9:45 mile. Now past 5 weeks I have been averaging 10:15-10:45. uugh. Maybe I am putting too much emphasis on time or maybe it isn't that big of a deel to slow down certain times.