More Base Training
Week 2 11/19-11/25
Well I got in another week of base training this week. I did 59.5 miles, but ran two more days than last week. I also did a decent 6 mile race on thanksgiving and took 4th overall.
Sunday 11/19 - I went for a nice long run today starting with Max then finishing on my own. The first loop was through the trail in Riverwood Place down to the Conservation area and then back through some trails for awhile. Then we ran up Teson and to the entrance to Hazelwood West and back then he went home and I ran Steady State backwards. I went 6:30 pace for the first 3 miles then worked the last one really hard to hit 5:10 which felt amazing at the end of a long run. After that I just ran slowly for about 5 minutes to let my legs recover.
Total 15 miles, 1:45 minutes
Monday 11/20 - I went for a typical morning run today. I ran up the back roads towards Lindbergh, then to McCluer North. At North I decided to loop back on the road that the civic center was on. The run wasn’t bad, but a little cold since I had just got my haircut.
Total 9 miles, 59 minutes
Tuesday 11/21 - A bad tempo at the Katy Trail today. I have no clue if I made pace or not, but I think I did. I just felt really sluggish on the first half of the run. I went out in 25:26 and back in 24:36 which means at least I was able to run a strong second half. Hopefully I made pace for the run.
Total 8.5 miles, 54 minutes
Wednesday 11/22 - An easy run on my birthday. I went up to Hazelwood West to talk to my old coach then ran home and called it a day.
Total 4 miles, 25 minutes
Thursday 11/23 - I did the Turkey Day run again this year and ran a decent time, but it didn’t go the greatest. Three of the Big River guys showed up and made the pace a little harder than I wanted early, then I fell off a little over a mile in and never could get back in the race. I caught one of them with two miles to go and ended up finishing in 4th overall. The splits were 5:15, 18, 42, 31, 39, and 31.
Total 8.5 miles, 49 minutes
Friday 11/24 - My shins were really sore for some reason and I didn’t want to run too far today so I ended up going really short. I went out the front of the subdivision then ran down Tahoe and back home through the back.
Total 2.5 miles, 16 minutes
Saturday 11/25 - I went to Castlewood with a few guys and did a nice 10 miler today. I t was good to return to the site of all my summer long runs and for the first time the pace actually felt easy out there.
Total 10 miles, 65 minutes