The week started off wrong. I was mostly laying around over the weekend dealing with some stuffiness and lack of energy from something like a sinus infection. Then I decided that it might be smart to listen to people smarter than me and do a pull-back week. It sounded even smarter when I start into the half marathon training cycle next week.
Monday: 3 miles. Got up late, still lethargic from whatever this is that I have, but did my form drills and ran 3 miles in the park. Kept it mostly flat in Friendship Park and out to the Steamboat Memorial and back. 3 miles in 25:29 (8:28 min/mi pace). I also made a Relive video of the run (I meant to do Tuesday’s run, but all I saw was Monday’s so I figured I might as well).
Relive ‘First Video’
Tuesday: 3 miles. Ran across the Suspension Bridge and back across the Purple People Bridge. Nothing much else to report except that I feel better than yesterday. 3.1 miles in 26:27 (8:31 min/mi pace).
Wednesday: 5.25 miles. Started with my form and mobility drills in the park. Then ran across the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, through the Covington Riverfront area, and back across the Purple People Bridge. Finished with a slightly different arrangement of post-run stretches and strengthening – I did my hamstring stretches, quad stretches, and squats in a circuit instead of… of… of whatever the alternative is. 5.25 miles in 44:16 (8:26 min/mi pace).
Thursday: 3 miles. Ran in the drizzling rain, just in the park. Nothing much else to say. 3.03 miles in 25:40 (8:28 min/mi pace).
Friday: 8 miles. It was extremely humid (wring your shirt out humid!), and I felt very sluggish. Part of it was likely due to being mostly under an 8:30 pace this week, part may have been general underfueling. Took some Nuun Lemon-Lime Electrolyte Mix with me, which has a whopping 10 calories. It also didn’t help that it felt like I was running uphill the entire way – first up the Purple People Bridge, then up the Taylor Southgate Bridge, then up to the Paul Brown Stadium plaza level, then up the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, then up to the Suspension Bridge. 8 miles in around 1:12:00 (8:59 min/mi pace).
After that suggish run on Friday, I’m glad the week is over. 22 miles ran, 3:13:50 spent running, which is an overall pace of 8:39 minutes per mile.
Cheers!