Trust The Process

Progressive long run up to marathon pace.  15 total miles.  I ran the first 7 miles in 59:45, starting at around 9:15 pace and finishing at around 8:15 pace.  I ran the last 8 miles at marathon pace (7:02).  My foot was in pain a few times during the run, but overall I felt really good during the run and definately could have run a few more miles at MP.  Since the weather was bad today, I ran at the gym on the treadmill (1.0 incline).  I know, very boring.

Medium Long run of 12 miles this morning on the treadmill.  I was off and on heavy showers this morning so I decided to run at the gym.  The first 6 miles were @ 8:15 avg pace and the last 6 miles were @ 7:42 avg pace. 

I wasn't feeling great during this run eventhough I slept well last night.  7:42 pace felt harder than it should have. 

11 general aerobic miles this morning on the treadmill.  First 6 miles @ 8:14 avg pace, last 5 miles @ 7:48 avg pace (1.5 incline).  Today's pace felt easier than yesterday eventhough the pace was almost identical.  My foot started to hurt during the last mile so I took the last .25 slow.  I have a well needed recovery day tomorrow.  Hoping my foot starts to feel better soon.

Today was my son's first day at day care :(.  It was just a half day but it will be full time starting tomorrow as my wife returns to work.  things will definately change going forward, but hopefully i can continue to train the way i have been for the last two months.

5 recovery miles after work on the treadmill (1.5 incline, 8:58 avg pace).

I had a late lunch and completely stuffed myself with a philly style roast pork hoagie and fries.  as a result, i felt sick all afternoon and almost threw up on the treadmill.  i was happy to be done with this workout and will probably have a piece of fruit or bowl of cereal for dinner.

9 miles on the treadmill this afternoon, including 4 fast tempo miles.  This is my last speed/tempo workout before the half next Sunday so I were a little faster than scheduled.

I started with 2 slow warm up miles in my Guide 5s.  I swichted into my flats and ran one more warm up mile with a few strides, 4 miles in 26:03 (1.5 incline), and two cool down miles.  The tempo miles were hard, but I feel like I could have run the 4 miles at least 30 seconds faster. 

My foot is pretty sore post run.  I will take tomorrows recovery run very slow.

Unscheduled day off.  Instead of running 5 slow recovery miles, I skipped the run since my foot was still pretty sore, plus I walked around a lot doing errands throughout the day.