Monday: 6 miles (9:06). Felt a little soreness from yesterday's 10 mile progression.
Tuesday: 9 miles (9:01). Included 8x20s pickups.
Wednesday: 2 miles (9:22), 3.5 miles (8:36), 2 miles (9:25). 2 Mile Warmup, 6 x (3:00@sub 8:00 + 2:00 easy), 2 Mile Cooldown. The intervals were ran around a 7:50 face and felt nice and smooth. Another 90 degree day, even running at 5 PM it's 86-88 outside. Come on fall weather.
Thursday: 9 miles (9:19). Very easy miles. 88 at the start.
Friday: 3 miles (9:15).
Saturday: 1 mile (10:22), 13.1 miles (9:30). 1 mile warmup before running the first Hendersonville Half Marathon. I really wasn't looking forward to running this. It was going to be warm and it is a tough hilly course. I ran most of the way with Jason Rowell and when we hit the hills on the backside of the Boomer, getting under 2:00 was no longer possible so we walked up the hills and was able to enjoy the last miles. Stopped at Fountain Brooke for a bit where my wife was at with my Golden Retriever. It was nice having a race go right by our neighborhood.
Sunday: 4 miles. Just going to do an easy 4 miles later today on Lower Station Camp.
Total Miles: 52.6 miles. With 7 weeks to go to the New York City Marathon, I have come to the conclusion that it is going to be difficult to race for a good time. I've battled a cold and motivational issues the past month while the long, lingering warm weather continues for another week. Yes, another week of 90's next week when the average high should be 80-82. But I think once it cools down I will get that motivation back and start running faster. Today marks 1 year since my last appointment to see Dr. Jason Hulme. So that is 1 year of mostly healthy legs, which has extended the running streak to 612 days today.
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