Training - Week 7 Day 2

Much better run today. I woke up with a bit of grogginess as usual, and after putting off the run as much as reasonable for my sleepiness, I headed out on the trail again. I was a little worried that I would be having more of the foot pain that shortened my run yesterday. Thankfully, I had no pain whatsoever. It was a great run.

As I started out intending to make today a tempo run, I was pushing myself most of the way. I averaged less than a 10 minute pace for the entire 5 miles, including doing the first three in 27 minutes, which is faster than I ever expected to do that in. It was a great run today, and I set a pace I never expected to do.

Now that I am well in to my 7th week of training, and not even half way through with my regime, I am starting to feel a bit fatigued. I know I am just forcing my body to adapt to the rigors I need it to so that I can complete the marathon, but it surely seems as though I am always running these days. Not that I mind, as I really am starting to enjoy my time on the road, its just taking a huge part of each week. And I realize I am only running about half the time I will end up running weekly especially closing in on the last few weeks before the race. I am just wondering what my life will look like in November. To me it seems it might look a bit like this:

5:00 AM - Wake up, start running
8:00 AM - Go to work
6:00 PM - Come home, start running
10:00 PM - pet cat, go to bed
Rinse and Repeat

It isn't nearly that bad, but the running miles I will put on in those later weeks will be like 40 miles a week, which from this vantage seems a bit daunting. Of course so did the 10 mile long run. I am sure I will get through it without too much misery.

Stats:
HR - 152/166
Mile 1 - 10:00/6.1
Mile 2 - 9:32/6.2
Mile 3 - 9:38/6.2
Mile 4 - 9:12/6.5
Mile 5 - 8:56/6.7
Mile 5.25 - 2:05/7.5
Mile 5.5 Cool Down - 4:44/3.5
Weight - 181
Pain - None