11/18 - 11/24

Mon: 6-miles
Tues: 4x1-mile (6:29, 24, 21, 28)
Wed: 6.5-miles
Thurs: 8-miles (North Hills w/ some tempo)
Fri: 8-miles
Sat: off
Sun: off
Total: 34.5 miles

Since I knew that I probably wouldn't be running a lot from Saturday to Saturday, I said screw it and ran Monday and Wednesday. I know, crazy. I had intended to maybe try and do yoga or swimming and running on one of those days, but I really didn't feel like waking up a the crack of dawn. Oh well.

Monday's run felt pretty good. It was like the old days with Dave and Sean, except Matt ran with us too this time. Wednesday's run felt ok, maybe a little quick at points. Thursday's run was eh. It actually felt slower than what we averaged, so I guess that's good. I didn't want to push it too much because I wanted to run on Friday and my hamstring hurts more on the hills. Friday's run was relaxing. I didn't get to run Saturday or Sunday because of traveling, the wedding, etc.

Tuesday's track workout surprised me. We were supposed to be doing the miles at 10k pace, which is supposed to be 6:35 for me in training. I have relaxed this momentarily to 6:35-6:40 because 6:40 was my former training 10k pace (and 6:35 seems fast to me). Four miles at this pace seemed a bit daunting when I saw the workout because we haven't done a whole lot of longer repeats. The 3x2000's a couple weeks ago were hard, and a mile is only one lap short of a 2000m... and we had 4 to do. The group went out slow for the first one, which was nice because I got to tag along through the 1200m. I was surprised when I stopped my watch and it read 6:29 because we had come through the 800m in 3:20. Rita took off on the second mile and stayed with the first group (who was now on pace for a 6:15) at least through the 1200m mark. I was pacing mostly by myself, but trying to see if I could reel Rita in. I was surprised at the 6:24, but that was mostly because the first two laps of that repeat were faster than the first. The 6:21 on the third repeat was definitely a surprise. Rita and I started a little ahead of the group, but the caught us by the 500m mark. I think we must have got sucked in or something. The last repeat we tried to hit closer to 6:35 because we were all over the place on the previous three (Dave was too and we were all trying to hit the same time). We were on pace for 6:35 or slightly faster through the 1200m mark, and then pushed it a little bit the last lap because it was the last lap.