Tuesday: 7.5 miles (7:00ish); 4.8 miles (7:09)
Wednesday: 8.9 miles (6:42); 6 miles (7:16)
Thursday: 5.4 miles (7:03); 10.6 miles (6:45)
Friday: 10.2 miles with bombed workout. Goal was to run 10x2:00 on/off at sub 5:00 on the fast part. Legs didn't want to work at all, so I didn't force them to. Was running over 5:20 pace and about halfway through my fifth, I decided to just run slowly the rest of the way back. I figure my legs/body still aren't 100% from last week's virus. The only good thing is that I wasn't breathing hard or anything on the "fast" part. My legs just went on strike; Skipped second run. Had a lot of stuff to do and since my legs weren't feeling it today, I didn't feel guilty skipping this one.
Saturday: 9.6 miles (6:38); Skipped second run. Pouring rain all evening and my parents were in town.
Sunday: 20 miles with 10x90s on/off (6:06). Plan was to run until St. Blaise (13.5ish) at around 6:25 average and then run the fast portion around 5:20 and the slow at 6:20ish. Was 6:18 at the start of the fartlek and even though most of them were into a headwind, I averaged 5:14 on the faster part and 5:52 on the slower part. Felt really strong and feel like my old man strength is coming back.
Week Total: 91.5 miles. Hopefully this was the last low week for a while. Now that my sickness is gone and I have a few races picked out, hopefully things will eventually return to normal. I'm taking a patient approach to things and hope to be training hard and consistently in another month and pretty fit by the start of November. I'll get my blood tested again this week to make sure my hemoglobin is still climbing and that my iron levels are ok (last time, hemoglobin climbed but iron dropped).
Before my summer of crap, I was hoping to be pretty fit and run well at the New Haven 20k, which was this past weekend. It's kind of a weird race because no one really peaks for it and the people who have an October marathon are probably entering the race with heavier training legs than someone with a later or no marathon planned. If someone is 1-2% off their game, they go from fighting for a top three spot to struggling to finish in the top 10. It is my kind of course and the weather conditions would have benefited me but I was sleeping in my bed when the race started.
My son also turned one on Thursday and we had his party on Saturday. He's turning into a good-looking chap.
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