So I’m technically in a recovery plan…
Monday: 5 miles. Ran in the subdivision, and managed to find the one asshat that can’t be bothered to buy a leash for his dog. So adrenaline does interesting things to pacing, since I went from 9:05, 8:35 (had to stop for the fucking dog right past this and start yelling at it), 8:19, 7:50, 7:41. Overall, 5.02 in 41:13 (8:17 min/mile). “Recovery”.
Tuesday: 5 miles. Not wanting to repeat yesterday (although instead of silent judging, I’d probably tell Mr. Asshat to make that the last time or one of the county Sheriff might be paying him a visit), but also wanting a change of scenery, I ran in the park. I also set my watch for the entire workout instead of an open auto-lapped workout. Started the morning with some form drills (it’s been a while), a several-minute delay from the watch updating š”, ran 5.13 in 43:02 (8:24 min/mile pace, closer to an even pace according to Strava), and then did some stretches and squats.
Wednesday: Rest. Since I’m in a recovery plan and it was supposed to rain all day Thursday, so I decided to run today. And since I’ve run on mostly-flat courses all week, I decided to run at East Fork and do some hills. Then, since I was ‘only’ doing 6 miles instead of the normal 12, I decided to make a real run for a Strava segment going up a hill. It was a great run, and I PRed the hill segment! 6.02 miles in 50:56 (8:28 min/mile pace).
Thursday: It didn’t rain.
Friday: 7 miles. It rained a little, I was mostly running through drizzle and around asshats parking across the sidewalk in the neighborhood next to the park. I was kinda pushing towards the end and then tried to back off a little when I had a mile split come in just under 8:00. Overall, 7.11 miles in 59:04 (8:18 min/mile).
The week was 23.28 miles of nice recovery miles. I’m up to 789 miles for the year, which is probably the highest I’ve been this soon. Cheers!