I am increasing my miles to get ready for the Indianapolis Marathon on October 20th. As a stepping stone, I am going to do the Anacortes Art Dash Half-marathon on July 28th.
After the last race, my feet and ankles were very sore and I had to reduce my miles for a few weeks. I got a new pair of Beasts, which help, but am still struggling a bit.
Today I ran 9 miles at a pace of 11:31 per mile. My average HR was 152. I was disappointed at the pace, since my training schedule called for a 10:36. I could of pushed harder, since 152 is where I target "easy" runs, but I am sore enough.
Today's run helped me understand what I will be able to do at Anacortes. I don't want to leave myself unable to continue my training for Indianapolis. So, I am targeting a 2:20 time for the 28th.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Heart & Sole 10K
It's been a while since I raced. I tore a calf muscle at the Castle Rock trail run, so had to take about 6 weeks to heal. This gave me a good opportunity to evaluate my training and make some changes. One thing I changed was to do one tempo, one speed work, and one endurance run a week, with 3 days of cross-training.
Last Saturday was the Heart & Sole 10k in Salinas. My time was 54:36. At 5K, my time was 26:42. That would have been a personal best for a 5K, too.
I plan on running in the Indianapolis Marathon on October 20th. In order to ease into it, I am adding one mile a week. Currently, I am up to 20 miles a week, or was until last week.
Last Thursday was bike to work day, so I did. Both ways. On my comfort bike. Dummy me had bought the wrong sized tubes for my road bike. The 700X23s get a flat as soon as a bump hits opposite the valve stem on the rear wheel. I needed 700X25s. Well, I didn't have any of the right sized tubes, and I had to be on the road at 6:10 to meet my group at 6:30. I ended riding about 40 miles that day. Since I hadn't been riding much, I was pretty tired, but my legs felt decent on Friday. Because of the long ride on Thursday, and Friday as a taper day, and the 10K on Saturday, I only ran 15 miles last week.
Last Saturday was the Heart & Sole 10k in Salinas. My time was 54:36. At 5K, my time was 26:42. That would have been a personal best for a 5K, too.
I plan on running in the Indianapolis Marathon on October 20th. In order to ease into it, I am adding one mile a week. Currently, I am up to 20 miles a week, or was until last week.
Last Thursday was bike to work day, so I did. Both ways. On my comfort bike. Dummy me had bought the wrong sized tubes for my road bike. The 700X23s get a flat as soon as a bump hits opposite the valve stem on the rear wheel. I needed 700X25s. Well, I didn't have any of the right sized tubes, and I had to be on the road at 6:10 to meet my group at 6:30. I ended riding about 40 miles that day. Since I hadn't been riding much, I was pretty tired, but my legs felt decent on Friday. Because of the long ride on Thursday, and Friday as a taper day, and the 10K on Saturday, I only ran 15 miles last week.
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