6.20 I went running around New Castle and took every side road I could. I did not pay attention to my watch at all until the very end to see how far I had ran and ran at a pace that felt comfortable.
10 miles (66 minutes).
6.21 5 miles easy early PM (38 minutes). 4 miles late PM (29 minutes)
9 miles total.
I finally feel completely normal. My legs had strength today. And it just occured to me that after my 10k race I probably should not have tried to complete 2 hard track workouts last week. Gosh--I really dont think sometimes.
6.22 2.25 mile warm up at PHS track. Lightly raining. Then I did 2 by 2800m's and 1 by 2400m with 400 recovery jogs. My goal was 5:15 pace, which is about 9:12 for the 2800 meters and 7:53 for the 2400m.
My splits were 9:13, 400 recovery jog in 1:58; 9:11, 400 recovery jog in 1:59; 7:56. 2.25 mile cool down.
10 miles total. I am very satisfied with this workout. I did 2 by 2400 meter repeats 2 weeks ago and averaged 5:15 pace and I did the same thing today with 2 more miles of running. I focused today on trying to stay relaxed and keep my splits even. I am fascinated by how little recovery I am able to handle. I believe this will eventually pay huge dividends for me.
6.23 5 miles easy (39 minutes).
6.24 OFF I went to the York Zoo with my boys and probably walked about 4 miles.
6.25 Strawberry Run 5 Miler. 1.5 mile warm up. Race in 26:33 (2nd place) 1.5 mile cool down. I was by myself for the whole race and went out too fast in 5:02. The winner, Jesse Young, went out in 4:52 and just rocked it. I think the course is hilly and ended up 2:05 faster than last year. I am pleased. 8 miles total. My son ran a 36:25!
7 miles PM in 47 minutes.
6.26 11 miles in 82 minutes.
60 miles 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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