Week two is officially in the books. This was a week of awesomeness and uncertainty, but a good one. Here's a rundown of the week:
Monday: REST This normal rest day really helped me recharge. I used to begrudge rest days, but the Friday/Saturday/Sunday combination of Trail/SpeedWork/Long Trail, really kicks my rear, so I'm happy with the recovery.
Tuesday: Tuesday's run was different from last weeks hill repeat day. Assignment was 45 minutes at easy pace. Not much to report, really, other than I got in 3.3 miles for an average pace of 13:33. It was a good run.
Wednesday: Another Easy Pace Trail Run was on the menu for today. This one for an hour. I hit the Ridge again and got in 4.2 miles for an average pace of 13:43... Whoa, two runs a minute/mile faster than last week... same course...
Thursday: Rest day. I guess I'm lucky, it only took me 2 weeks to get accustomed to having more than one rest day in a week.
Friday: Another 60 minute trail run on my normal route. Managed 4.4 miles and Average pace of 13:24.... This is getting interesting. I had almost 4 minutes to spare when I got to the truck and had to do a quick loop through the ice covered parking lots to get my time in. Am I really getting faster already?
Saturday: Speed Work Day!!! Assignment was 10x400m intervals at 1:40 (6:40/mile) pace, with 2 minute recovery, along with 20 minute warm up and 10 minute cool down. This was a GREAT workout! I actually averaged 1:38 on my splits and felt pretty good when I finished. I was really surprised that I felt as good as I did when I finished.
Sunday: Sunday is my longest duration run of the week (note: not necessarily longest distance). Got up at 0415 and was running at right around 0500. In the 1:45:00 assigned time, I got in 7.2 miles, for an average pace of 14:36. I was kind of bummed that my average pace was slower than last Sunday until I looked at the elevation distance. Today's run was only 0.8 miles further, but I added ~600 feet of elevation. That'll really slow you down! In the end, a good run!
Total Distance: 26.6 miles
Total Time on Feet: 5:37:52
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