Running With LeMire

Woke up this morning & brought Jacob to hockey and had fun coaching the kids. Then ran Jacob over to Sunday school & back home to get 4 miles in. I didn't wear my watch today because I wanted to make sure that I took it easy. It was a little rough since we stayed up to late & drank to much but I got out the door! 

With time running out on being prepared for the 8K at the SDSU Classic I decided to hit the streets again this morning for a hard 2x1 mile repeat session. The weather was good with barely any wind compared to last weeks double digit winds every day. Ran the first 2 miles as a warm up at 8:13 and 7:28. Felt pretty good so I thought I would run then evaluate how I felt after number 1 (6:12). I was felling pretty good so I decided to run a second interval as well and through that one I felt strong until maybe the last few yards that my form was starting to crumble but I heald it together for a second mile at 6:05. Then I ran the 2 miles back home in 7:26 & 7:21 for an average pace over the entire run of 7:08.

I signed up for this upcoming Boston Marathon so this training will have to continue. I think I'll focus on speed until January before I really up the mileage.    

Easy 2 miles on the treadmill as a shake out after work.

Ran my 2x1 mile repeat workout again this morning after yesterday's off day and it went pretty good. Started of with the usual 2 mile warm-up a few stretches and then off for the first hard mile. My form felt good and the weather was in the low to mid 60's with a good dose of humidity but not to over whelming. Ran the first mile in 6:05 and thought I felt strong and that I could run a second today in probably about the same speed. Stretched a little in my 3 minute recovery and then was off for interval numer 2. Felt strong through the first half mile and pushed it up the slight hill from 0.5 to .075 marker. This hill was definitely a little tougher the second time around but I pushed it in and finish repeat number two in 6 flat. Felt strong the entire way and definitely didn't have any help so I'm feeling pretty good about the 8k in just over a week. The goal is to be as close to 30 minutes as possible and do better than the 32:54 from 2 years ago. I feel like I have more speed then I did at that point so hopefully we have some nice weather.