6.27 9.6 miles in about 59 minutes (6:08 pace) I ran from work up to Rye along Ocean Avenue and ran along the ocean and then doubled back and ran back to SMHC. I did not wear a watch and ran at a comfortably hard pace. I started out slower and picked it up, but am unsure of my pacing throughout. The only reason I even know it was 59 minutes is because of the time on my cell phone when I got back.
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6.28 11.4 miles (73 minutes) I ran around New Castle and felt pretty good.
6.29 3 miles on trails with Dan and Al. We then did 10 by 400's at between 70 and 75 with 1000 meter recoveries in about 3:45 (6 minute pace). Al stopped at about 5 miles, which we did on the roads. The next 4 miles were done on the track where I had to let Dan go. I was able to muster 80 second fast 400's and my 1000 meter recoveries were around 3:50 (6:05 to 6:06 pace). 9 miles in 51 minutes. 1.5 mile cool down.
13.5 miles total.
This was a very hard workout for me, but awesome. Dan and Al really know a lot about running, so this was an educational lesson for me. Halfway through, I didnt think I was going to be able to finish, but I stuck it out. My breathing is pretty erratic, so Im going to look at trying to control my breathing more. I also realized I am probably putting in too many hard efforts each week. I dont need to be flying around New Castle everyday at low 6 minute pace on my RECOVERY days--it is absurd. I am clearly still a work in progress!
6.30 8.5 miles slow and easy (8 minute pace). It took every ounce of restraint to not go faster, but it is apparent I am overtraining on my supposed easy days. I expect to see big improvements in the next month.
7.1 5.5 miles EASY AM (Over 8 minute pace per mile). 8.5 miles easy PM. 14 miles total for the day. Great day of running and great weather!
7.2 7 miles AM EASY (51 minutes). 2 mile hike with my boys in early afternoon at Bear Brook State Park. 6 Miles after I got home and sun was going down EASY (46 minutes). I am actively working on my breathing and am surprised how with someconcentration I can control my breathing much better than I would have previusly thought possible.
13 miles total for the day.
7.3 7.5 miles AM (53 minutes). 7.5 miles PM (58:40)
15 miles total for the day.
Solid week and I mad a point to work on my breathing after Wednesday and not go fast at all. Solid mileage week and a new appreciation for not racing every day. Im going to stick to 2 hard efforts maximum a week and stay away from running in the low 6's for pace for no reason and on days when I am supposed to be recovering.
85 miles total for the week.
As a youth, I ran, yet I did not exist in a sense. 19 years passed. Today, I exist in one sense because I must run. Perhaps I run to escape the futility of my existence. Perhaps not. In either case, this blog, or whatever it is, will serve to chronicle my training as a runner, my development as a man, and ultimately my demise as a human, because all things pass, fade, retreat into the horizon--and while we run, as we run, the mirage that is the shimmering, glimmering future continues to assert itself just out of reach. And yet, as this picture up above connotes, it may still be beautiful. And so the question may be what is IT? What is it? What is IT?
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