Running For Trevor

Typical Sunday 5 mile loop.  Such a gorgeous day and I felt really good considering the 5k yesterday.  Calves are a little tight but other than that I felt great.  I can already see the benefits of running the TT.  I felt like I was running extremely EASY today and overall pace was 8:10 which is a little quicker than my normal recovery pace.

Took the pup to the track and walked 2 miles.

35 minutes weights - pushups, planks, situps, shoulders & chest.

6.1 miles on the treadmill in 50 minutes.  calves/shins are still a little tight from the 5k on Saturday but other than that I felt good.  I will make sure to foam roll and ice tonight.

PM:  jogged 1 mile with the pup at the track, walked 1 mile.  Nice and quiet at the track since school is out. 

Last Chance Workout!  I am blaming this workout on Jake.  I started reading Once a Runner after he mentioned it in a post and it is has sparked some sort of weird competitive edge in me.  I have never really thought of myself as an athlete or a competitor` but this book has flipped some sort of switch in my brain. 

Anyway plan was 5-6 consecutive tempo miles (wanted to prove to myself I was capable of doing it on the roads since most of my tempo workouts have been on the treadmill).  I also really wanted to consciously work on running negative splits.  Warmed up 1 mile and then went straight into the workout 7:22, 7:14, 7:12, 6:55, 6:39.  My goal was 15-20 seconds faster than marathon pace (7:20-7:25) so this was quite a bit faster than I had intended.  But I felt good and it definitely provided the mental boost that I so desperately needed.  And at least I pulled the plug at 5 and didn't go for one more like I wanted to at the time. 

I am ready!!

Pushups & planks

5 miles nice and easy around the orchards in Santaquin.  It was a beautiful morning.

I am running a few more miles with this taper than I have in the past but is just what feels right.  In the past I have "padded" the lack of miles with cross training on the elliptical and I am definitely cutting that out this time around.  The next few days will just be easy 2-4 mi runs. 

Did not plan to go quite that far but ended up running to Harvard.  It was gorgeous and I was walking around sight seeing.  Before I knew it I had jogged almost 6 miles.  Very slow pace/8:40+ ?

2 miles easy.  I became overcome with self doubt when the 2 miles felt harder than easy and decided to see if I had any pick up.  I ran the 3rd mile a little faster than marathon pace and it felt hard.  Ought oh!