Our hero started out the week in the inferno. The weather report to start the week had rain on Monday morning, and instead it was steamy, humid heat.
Monday: 6 miles. Ran in the park and subdivision again. As the intro stated, it was like running in a sauna. 6.02 in 54:16 (9:01/mile pace).
Tuesday: 12 x 0.25 intervals. Ran these entirely in the park and following the direction of the path. It was raining most of Monday (starting in the late morning), and for all of my run. The path was flooding in places, and one part was deeper than my shoes – so running through that meant getting any potential dry spots on me pretty well soaked (NARRATOR: “There were no dry spots anyway”). Splits were 1:44, 1:43, 1:45, 1:47, 1:46, 1:45, 1:47, 1:47, 1:50, 1:47, 1:46, 1:42 (goal was 1:46 – 1:49, so 5 faster and 1 slower). Overall, 7.72 in 1:04:22 (8:20/mile pace).
Wednesday: 5 miles. Ran in the park and neighboring subdivision. It was wet, but didn’t start raining until I was doing my post-run stretches. 5.2 miles in 44:46 (8:37/mile pace).
Thursday: 4.5 mile tempo run. Ran this in the park and subdivision again. The tempo portion was 35:37 (7:55/mile pace). Overall, 6.52 in 53:37 (8:13/mile pace).
Friday: 13 mile long run. Ran in the park and subdivision – I was originally going to try to go out somewhere else where I was going to do fieldwork, but the logistics made it difficult. My legs felt like lead. Two laps around the subdivision and park, where on the final lap everyone was going the wrong direction except me. Hydrated with Gatorade Endurace, no fuel. 13.15 in 1:56:26 (8:51/mile pace).
That’s it for the week. 38.6 miles. 20% complete in the GVRAT.
I also signed up for the great run across Ohio virtual race. This is operated by the same people that do the Hungry Turkey Half (among other events). So far, I’m around 8.5% complete.
