I got on the mill early today with aspirations to do a two hour run, simply to get it done for the week - it is going to be a busy weekend. I was also curious to see if the mill run would cause me to be the BIG WIMP that I have been about this abdominal strain I have had.
In any case, same sort of approach to my long run as my last one on the mill - build into it. I thought if I could get 17 in two hours, I'd be content with that.
7:23
7:18 (14:42)
7:12 (21:54)
7:11 (29:05)
7:01 (36:05)
6:54 (43:01)
6:48 (49:49)
6:43 (56:33)
6:40 (63:13)
6:35 (69:49)
6:31 (76:20)
6:27 (82:47)
6:27 (89:14)
I was taking water every five minutes to keep well hydrated. I took a gel at the hour, and started drinking some Nuun every five minutes at the 70 minute mark. By the 13th mile (above) I was sweating like it was a July day in Rhode Island. I was not working crazy hard, but I was needing to focus. I figured with the 13 in sub 90, I'd back off for a four mile warm down.
6:52 (95:06)
6:52 (1:42:58)
6:48 (1:49:46)
6:26 (1:56:12)
Yeah - that last mile was just get it done kind of thinking. Again, I need to do this stuff outside, but this morning did not lend to it from a schedule, where I needed to be perspective. My stomach did not hurt much during this run, but I was aware of the tightness down there. Then again, I did start my day with a couple of Advil with the coffee.
Mentally, I think I want to wrap my head around this run getting really fast (for me) as I build through it. That is going to take as much head work as physical work. Thinking about running sub six for 10 seems mentally easy if I am thinking about a race, but hard to do it in a workout. As they say, train hard - race easy. | 