Monday: 4 miles (9:41), 4 miles (9:42). Two very easy 4 mile runs. Not feeling any marathon soreness, just a little tired is all.
Tuesday: 10 miles (9:06). Recovered well from the marathon and ran 10 miles with 30 second pickups each mile. Back to having fun with even splits: 9:06, 9:07, 9:07, 9:05, 9:05, 9:06, 9:05, 9:07, 9:05, 9:05.
Wednesday: 6 miles (10:08). Felt some soreness in my right hamstring when I woke up. So I skipped the second run since it was bothering me on my first run.
Thursday: 2 miles (9:08), 6 miles (8:44), 1 mile (9:21), 2 miles (9:53). Right leg felt better today. 2 mile warmup, followed by 6 x (1/2 mile @ < 7:35 pace + 1/2 mile jog), 1 mile cooldown. Added an easy two miler later. The intervals felt pretty good. I had to push it a bit on the first two to get under 7:35 pace, but felt much easier starting with the 3rd one and I was able to open it up on the 5th (7:20 pace).
Friday: 10 miles (9:16). I felt physically tired when I went to run and could easily have taken a nap. But then I started feeling energized on mile 4 and ended up with a faster second half. First 5 miles 9:25 pace, second 5 miles 9:08 pace with mile 10 at 8:52. 80 miles the last 7 days!
Saturday: 7 miles (9:51). Late morning very easy 7 miles on the Station Camp Greenway.
Sunday: 6 miles (9:15), 4 miles (9:20). This was supposed to be a 3 mile warm-up followed by 10 x (1/2 @ 8:25 + 1/2 @ 8:45). I was struggling to hit the pace and felt weak. Not sure if it was the wind in the cold air, but I just didn't have the strength today. So stopped after 6 miles. Went back out in the afternoon to try again, but still wasn't feeling it today. But that is going to happen every once in a while, so not going to let it bother me. Just come back the next day.
Total Miles: 62 miles. I was hoping for 70 miles, but not getting all the miles in on Sunday and skipping a run on Wednesday prevented me from reaching 70 miles.
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