I was trying to come up with one of those corny 'you might be a runner' jokes, something like you know you are a runner when on Sundays you eat breakfast at 1p and it is your third meal of the day already, but yeah that isn't remotely funny. So instead we will skip to the writing. You might ask why am I eating breakfast at 1p? Well today was my first 20 miler in preparation for Pasadena. It certainly wasn't the best run but it wasn't bad either. It turned out to be very warm today, and I have become conditioned into automatically wearing long sleeves on Sundays so I was...well uncomfortable today. I started to get a little dehydrated near the end of the run, and I consumed a ton of gel today so I will keep an eye on the weather in the future.
Also, I broke a cardinal rule of running today and wore my new Asics DS Trainer 14's today without having worn them except for around the apartment. They really felt comfortable around the apt, so I said why not. Well I almost ran back to my car after warmup today and switched them out. Why? One word: HEAVY. So what that they only weigh like 1 oz more than the 13's, that 1 oz is on your feet which you have to propel for 20 miles. In fact I think the extra oz is probably why my heart rate was about 5 bpm higher than last week...crazy but true, I think. Aside from the weight however, the 14's are very, very nice shoes. They have much more support than the 13's, the lacing is more comfortable, and so is the new last (and subsequently the toebox). So I think I will use the 14's mostly for midweek medium distance runs, and go back to using the 13's for long runs.
School is starting back up tomorrow, which I actually don't mind. I think it is a little easier for me to schedule my time when I am running with the team later in the day. Over break I have been running near my apt. and the streets are not lit very well. Because of this I have been running early in the day, around 3:30, which doesn't leave much time before to get a lot of work done. So now back to school and running at 5p, which allows me to get a full work day in before. I will have to see how this schedule works with the 11 and 12 mile mid week runs.
Training this week went pretty well. Nothing too exciting. Speed work this week was mile intervals, which I was supposed to do at 6:15, but you know I can't follow instructions. So I ended up running the first two at around 6:05 and the last one I just squeaked under 6min at 5:59. I think that might be the first time I have ever ran a sub 6min mile.
Last weeks training:
Tuesday - 5.02 Mile Run w/ Fartlek - 37:48 min, 7:48 pace
Wednesday - 9.02 Mile Easy Run - 1:14:01 min, 8:12 pace
Thursday - 3.04 Mile Recovery Run - 27:03 min, 8:53 pace
Friday - 7.91 Mile Run w/ Intervals - 58:25 min, 7:24 pace - Warm up, 3 - 1 Mile Intervals w/.75 Mile jogs - Cool down
Sunday - 19.83 Mile Long Run - 2:41:51 min, 8:09 pace
Shoe Mileage:
Asics DS Trainer 13.1 - 324.01
Asics DS Trainer 13.2 - 34.83
Asics Gel Bandito - 16.14
Asics DS Trainer 14.1 - 19.83
