Lots of stuff going on in my mind this week. I survived week two of training with every run on its scheduled day! I started keeping a log to note the day, distance, where I ran (treadmill, trail, route) and how it felt for me.
Week Two looked like:
Tuesday - 3 Easy - Treadmill - Felt Good
Thursday - 5 Speed - Treadmill - Felt challenged, but finished strong - pace was 10 min/mi at speed pace (2 x 1 mile), 10:50 min/mi at middle (2 x 1/2 mile), 11:19 min/mi beginning/end (1 mile each)
Friday - 3 Easy - Treadmill - Good run
Sunday - 7 Long - West End/Rose Garden - A few rough spots, some light hills, finished strong
What was consistent in all of them was how much more difficult the first three miles were compared to later miles if I was doing my speedwork or my long run. I think my long run was the best evidence of it - I got to the 2.5 mile point and needed to walk for a tenth of a mile or so, then got to 3.5 miles and felt good moving. Another factor was that I ran it at 7 am which was the most humid time of the day, even though it was the coolest point in the day. Being able to get up and out that early was a big deal for me and showed me that I could do it and am going to have to in order to do this race.
Week three is moving along, although it won't be on the correct schedule but not as bad as week one. Week four is a cutback week which I'm looking forward to. Week five is my vacation week which is strongly beginning to look like a staycation. More on that later, but it will actually be more beneficial for me to be able to have my gym and home routes to get my runs in well.
I've also decided to limit my flip flop wearing to as little as possible because my feet are achy and I don't want to risk making it worse. Can't wait for shoetesting in a couple weeks!
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