Our hero looks like a drowned rat this week. There was a few days of rain, and he ran out of contacts… This is a bad time to run out of contacts since Ohio is still closed (for the most part).
Monday: 6 miles. Ran this in the park and the subdivision next to it. I tried to keep it easy. 6.09 miles in 52:33 (8:38/mile pace).
Tuesday: 8 x Hills. Ran up a hill in the rain, having to find a new place to park in the dark., but made it to the hill I used before the last time, which is a little easier. This hill, with the Coros, is 50 feet up (870 to 920 MSL… Garmin had 760 to 810, so still 50 feet). Overall, 6.03 miles in 53:38 (8:54/mile pace). Splits were 1:57, 2:00, 2:00, 1:59, 2:01, 2:01, 2:02, and 2:05.
Wednesday: 5 miles. Chilly but not rainy today. Ran this in the park and the subdivision next to it again. 5.56 in 48:48 (8:47/mile pace).
Thursday: 4.5 mile tempo run. Ran this in the park and subdivision, and it fortunately was not raining. I ran kinda hard, but it wasn’t as hard as usual, so I was surprised when my tempo pace was at 7:52/mile for the 4.5 miles of tempo running. Overall, 6.51 miles in 53:00 (8:08/mile pace).
Friday: 14 mile run. Ran in the rain, which started as soon as I parked my car at the park. Ran around the park once, in the subdivison where I had to make a few shorter laps because of a construction material delivery while I was coming back from the first lap. Ran 14.23 in honor of Ahmaud, who was killed last February in what appears to be cold-blooded murder. Ran all that in 2:04:31 (8:45/mile pace).
That’s it for the week. 38.42 miles. In the #GVRAT, I’m at 51.73 miles.