Easy eight...lol. No, this was my tempo run today. 8 miles total. 1.5 warm up, then 4 sets of 1600x 8:11 (I was able to do a little bit faster) with 800 recovery. 1 mile cool down (included the last recovery).
I did not want to get out of bed this morning. I think I've said that every day for the last 5 days. It's not getting better. I thought maybe I'd be motivated because this is my last really tough tempo run....but I wasn't. I almost persuaded myself to sleep in and do it tomorrow.
The end is in sight, but I feel weary from the journey. I'm looking forward to the week-end taper and the last week of easy workouts. But most of all, I'm looking forward to finishing the marathon so I can whatever I feel like doing....especially if it includes sleep.
I think of Carolyn...running every day for an entire year. That is awesome dedication.
I managed to get the running program to come up on my watch. But I wasn't prepared for all of the beeping it was going to do. I'm not sure why there were extra beeps along the way. At one point on my second tempo mile, I heard it beep, and the remaining distance portion said .50 so I thought that meant my tempo portion was over, and I started slowing down. About 1/4 of a mile later, I realized I was wrong, and I hadn't even finished the mile tempo...I blame it on the early hour. So my second tempo run was slower than it should have been.
Came home and showered so I could try and see some of the shooting stars that were supposed to be out this am around 6. I didn't see any shooting stars, but I did see an awesome sattelite zip through Orion. Supercool.
45o, 83% humidity.
| lap |
dist |
pace |
| 1 |
1.5 |
10:23 |
| 2 |
1 |
7:39 |
| 3 |
.5 |
9:22 |
| 4 |
1 |
8:17 |
| 5 |
.5 |
9:21 |
| 6 |
1 |
7:48 |
| 7 |
.5 |
9:08 |
| 8 |
1 |
7:58 |
| 9 |
.5 |
9:20 |
| 10 |
.52 |
9:22 |
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