I didn't post the past few weeks and was battling motivation to get back on the right track.
I feel I finally am back on track and can get excited about the upcoming training.
Monday: 3 miles (10:16). Slow recovery miles after yesterday's 20 mile run.
Tuesday: 2 miles (9:18), 5.23 miles (8:37), 1 mile (8:38). 2 mile warm-up followed by 6 x (5:00 on + 2:30 off). The 6 fast interval paces were 8:29, 8:20, 8:12, 8:04, 8:04, 7:35. I kept getting faster the further I got into the run. Good workout. The cooldown was a bit fast at 8:38, but I was feeling really good today.
Wednesday: 7 miles (9:54). Went for a slow recovery run after yesterday's workout.
Thursday: 6 miles (9:04). Easy miles with 30 second pickups on each mile.
Friday: 3 miles (9:14). Very short, easy run before tomorrow's race.
Saturday: 1 mile (9:26), 13.18 miles (8:26). 1 mile warm-up followed by the Tom King Half Marathon where I finished in 1:51:04. 4th place out of 20 in the 55-59 age group. I could feel myself wanting to go into struggle mode halfway through mile 10, but I fought to keep running sub 8:40 and was able to get back on track with mile 13 being the fastest at 8:07. Negative split by about 1 minute. Finally I was able to overcome the mental struggles I've had on recent longer races.
Sunday: 8 miles (8:43). I was running easy on the first half, but when I was nearing the turnaround at Shelby Bottoms, I just felt like getting stronger and this turned into an 8 mile progression: 9:23, 9:18, 9:02, 8:56, 8:41, 8:28, 8:11, 7:43. That felt great!
Total Miles: 49.5 miles. A low volume week due to the Tom King Half Marathon. But I felt this was the week where my training finally got on the right track. I won't quite be ready to BQ at the Carmel, Indiana, marathon on March 31st. But I feel I can put in a solid run with a goal of sub 3:48.
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