Six miler with MRR

With the Sea Legs Shuffle 10 Miler tomorrow, I decided to take it relatively easy today. The marathon plan said today should be a rest day - but I felt like I needed to go out and shake out the legs a bit. Joined the regular Saturday Milford Road Runner crew for the group run. Smaller group today than usual since there is the 10miler and a 5k tomorrow. A couple others racing the 5k showed up and they seemed to have the plan to take it easy too. I did kick the last 2/10 of a mile just cause I wanted to see what was in the legs - a 6:15 pace (which felt AWESOME). Oh yah - weather was splendid. Hope its that way tomorrow for the race.

Total distance: 6.46 miles
Total time: 57:11
Average pace: 8:50
Avg: HR: 152
Max HR: 178

Splits
9:12 / 151
8:48 / 147
9:17 / 154
8:46 / 147
8:57 / 152
8:46 / 155
3:23 / 164 (for .46 miles at a 7:17 pace)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/42533539

Recovery five

Went out this morning for a recovery five. Nothing fancy about this one - tried to keep the heart rate at (or under)140. Did ok for the first couple miles keeping it down - but it crept up as the run went on.

Total distance: 5 miles
Total Time: 46:15
Average pace: 9:14
Average HR: 141 bpm
Max HR: 151 bpm

Early Tuesday ten

Today on the marathon training schedule called for a "general aerobic" ten miler. Since the Dr Wife likes to get to work early to do her mad scientist experiments - this meant a very early run for me. I was up at 5am, granola bar and small glass of diet soda (need caffeine) by 5:15am and then out the door by 5:30am. Stepped outside and it was the best weather so far this summer - 62 degrees to start.

I decided not to run my normal hilly route - and to just head downtown and make things up as I went. I ended up down by Long Wharf.....awesome sunrise down by the water. I then headed by Sports Haven (still have no idea what that is - maybe I need a field trip), then I felt sort of lost until I could see the East Rock monument and shortly after that passed under 91. From there I realized I was really close to home, so I headed back downtown. For some strange reason I wanted to run up the Prospect St hill - (you can see in my splits where that was). Then headed home....

Felt much better today then Sunday - i guess a 25 degree difference in temperature will do that. Oh....and yes (for those concerned) the Dr Wife got to the lab at her usual time.

Total distance: 10 miles
Total time: 1:24:44
Average pace: 8:34
Avg HR: 147
Max HR: 161

Splits
9:01 / 137
8:34 / 142
8:34 / 143
8:16 / 146
8:22 / 148
8:30 / 149
8:28 / 149
8:25 / 152
8:59 / 153
8:30 / 149

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/42025404

When 8 = 7

blech - heat and humidity won today's round. Was supposed to go 8 miles with 10 pickups. Was able to eeek out 7 miles with 6 pickups. My heart rate seemed very high. Im sure last nights lack of sleep didnt help. Here's hoping for a break in the weather and some sleep before my next run.

Total distance: 7 miles
Total time: 1:02:31
Average pace: 8:55
Avg HR: 164
Max HR: 179

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/41834622

Long run Thursday???

Thats right - long run Thursday. Gotta love vacation run whenever....Started out overcast and cool - but by mile 5 or so the sun was out.

Total distance: 12 miles
Total time: 1:46:34
Average pace: 8:52
Avg HR: 148 bpm
Max HR: 161 bpm

Splits
9:06 / 146
8:47 / 151
8:50 / 147
9:05 / 147
8:58 / 137
9:30 / 147
9:03 / 149
8:56 / 152
8:46 / 149
8:45 / 144
8:19 / 150
8:23 / 153

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/41650014

Hungover four

Too much to drink last night - thought I'd run some of the whiskey out of me.

Total distance: 4 miles
Total time: 33:26
Average pace: 8:21
Avg HR: 161 bpm
Max HR: 175 bpm

Splits
8:46 / 154
8:33 / 165
8:13 / 162
7:52 / 164

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/41650021

Nine miles (General Aerobic)

Today went well - fought the hills (and hunger).

Total distance: 9 miles
Total time: 1:21:24
Average pace: 9:02
Avg HR: 156 bpm
Max HR: 179 bpm

Splits
9:19 / 149
9:08 / 153
9:03 / 151
9:23 / 156
9:10 / 149
8:58 / 159
9:04 / 162
8:46 / 165
8:29 / 165

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/41650030

Recovery 4

Nothing fancy - just a recovery 4

Total distance: 4 miles
Total time: 34:39
Average pace: 8:39
Avg HR: 153 bpm
Max HR: 192 bpm (dont believe it)

Splits
8:48 / 161
8:52 / 147
8:36 / 151
8:21 / 155

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/41650035

First marathon training run....8 mi w/4 mi at half marathon pace

Today was day 1 of marathon training....the training plan called for a eight mile run with four miles at half marathon pace. Since we were in New Hampshire for a week on vacation, finding time to run became not a problem. But finding a course with no hills was the issue - as there was no way to run without hitting a hill or two (or three).

After a two mile warm up I was off for my four miles. It was hard to keep the pace up as th hills seemed to roll and roll and roll. Overall, great first run in the training cycle.

Total distance: 8 miles
Total time: 1:04:35
Average pace: 8:04
Average HR: 168 bpm
Max HR: 179 bpm

Splits
8:27 / 154
8:34 / 162
7:39 / 168
7:49 / 173
7:36 / 167
7:37 / 175
8:29 / 171
8:22 / 172

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/41650046

The run that almost wasn't

Here is how my day started:
5:00am Alarm goes off - i turn it off and say forget it - I'm not running.
5:15am Garbage trucks show up in my neighborhood - i groan, roll over - Im not running
5:30am Dr Wife rolls over and says "Didn't your alarm go off? Arent you running?" - now the guilt starts to set in
5:45am Dr Wife's alarm goes off - FINE IM RUNNING!
6:00am Out the door

Im glad I went- the weather was spectacular. See Mother Nature -was that hard? - a nice overcast morning around 70 degrees (maybe even cooler). I decided (as I walked down my porch steps) to go attempt some hill repeats in East Rock. After a mile warmup - which brought me exactly to the base of the hill - I did 4x300 meter hill repeats at 5k pace/effort. Recovery distances started at 300 meters and then got shorter and shorter as I went. After the last recovery, I just continued up and over the hill back home the long way. Last mile I did two 1/4 mile pickups just to wake myself up a bit more.

Total Distance: 5 miles
Total Time: 41:58
Average Pace: 8:23
Average HR: 153
Max HR: 173

Splits
8:50 / 137
8:34 / 155
8:20 / 160
8:30 / 151
7:43 / 162

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/40485891