Monday: 2 miles (9:58), 10K (8:43), 1 mile (9:43), 5K (8:44), 4 miles (8:47), 3 miles (9:26). Now that is a lot of running for a Monday. Ran the Franklin Classic 10K and 5K. The goal was to run marathon pace in the 10K, but with it being warm, I had all I could do to run in the 8:40's. I was hoping to race the 5K, but didn't have much strength for that either. In the afternoon I ran off some frustration on Lower Station Camp with a 4 miler before finishing up with a few miles on the Monday Night Brixx run. 19.3 miles to start the week!
Tuesday: 4 miles (9:09). Still 86+ degrees at 6 PM, when will it cool down? Ran the Station Camp Loop. This is becoming my new favorite root and the climb up Big Station Camp feels good. Day #600 of the Run Streak.
Wednesday: 9 miles (9:06). 88 degrees at 5:30 PM, when will it cool down? Ran two Station Camp Loops. Felt a little tired on the second one. I seriously thought about taking a rest day and ending the streak at 600 days, but time to go towards the next milestone.
Thursday: 2.5 miles (9:37). Motivation hitting an all-time low.
Friday: 3 miles (9:44). Still feeling very sluggish and not wanting to run, but fighting to keep the run streak alive.
Saturday: 2.5 miles (10:01). Woke up with sore throat and congestion.
Sunday: 10 miles (8:57). Finally managed some mileage after a few very sluggish, non-motivational days. I had stayed downtown Nashville on Saturday night to go to the Vikings-Titans on Sunday so I ran Shelby Bottoms just before 7 AM. Walked a mile over the pedestrian bridge from downtown before starting. I started out still feeling sluggish with a 9:39 first mile, but then decided to just try to go a little faster and it started turning into a progression and by mile six I was at 8:31. Then I felt myself getting slower on mile 7 and fell all the way to 9:38 on mile 8. At that point I was content to just run two more slow miles, but decided to run faster to just see if it was a mental thing making me want to slow down. I finished with miles of 8:50 and 8:23, showing that although I was feeling slow and sluggish, it wasn't that difficult to speed up. You have to overpower the part of the brain that says go slow.
Total Miles: 50.4 miles. Although I had only 12 miles on 4 days, I still managed to get over 50 miles. It's time to step up the mental focus and get the miles in that the training plan calls for. I just need to hang on until the fall weather gets here. These 90 degree days are taking a toll on me, but I'm still not a morning runner.
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