Back to double digit runs. I was up early to get this one in before heading to Logan for the day with my family to celebrate Mothers Day. I had 2 goals for this run. The first was to not stop my watch the entire time and practice fueling while running (something I suck at). And the second was to hit at least 6 miles at marathon tempo pace.
Ran from my house to the mouth of payson Canyon (6 miles), and then 4.5 miles up the canyon. Then turned around and ran back to my house. Tough run with all of the uphill followed by the pounding of the downhill. GREAT practice for UV marathon. First 10 miles were easy and last 8 were at tempo effort elevation adjusted for pace. 7:51, 6:55, 7:09, 7:06, 7:22, 7:19, 7:01, 7:23 (was going to quit the tempo at this point but decided to push it once I got halfway.) Overall pace for the run was 7:43.
Aerobically I felt great the entire run but my legs (quads & hamstrings) started to give out towards the end. Probably a combination of the high mileage this week and the uphill running. Oh and I did the entire run without an ounce of water which was really stupid but I just forgot to drop waters last night. Overall a great training run for me!
PM: 2 miles shake out 8:40 pace. I definitely did not need these extra miles but my legs were SO TIGHT after being stuck in a car most of the day and it felt so so good to shake them out. Definitely tight and fatigued from the canyon run this morning. But nothing is injured so that is good. :) | 