This is one of those times where the end of the month actually aligns with the calendar. Unfortunately, it also aligned with a push to finish a project. I spent the last week of May working all-out to finish a project, and then the first week of June working on projects that were displaced by the prior week.
Monday 5/25: 6 miles. Felt tired because of staying up late to watch the end of the Coca Cola 600. Ran in the park and subdivision, which felt better than expected. Unlike last Friday, everyone was following the One Way signs… except me. 6.41 in 55:28 (8:39/mile pace).
Tuesday 5/26: I was preparing for a morning conference call and ran in the afternoon after work. This meant two things: one is that I didn’t do hill repeats and the other means that I ran in 85F weather. Too fast and too hot, I stopped after 4 miles. 4.15 in 35:32 (8:34/mile pace).
Wednesday 5/27: I had originally scheduled a 5 mile run, but I ran 6, partly to make up for a shorter distance the prior day. Through the park and subdivision next to it. 6.06 miles in 52:40 (8:41/mile pace).
Thursday 5/28: Did a 4.5 mile tempo run in the park and subdivision. The tempo portion was 35:33 (7:54/mile pace), which was pretty good. Overall, 6.5 miles in 53:34 (8:14/mile pace).
Friday 5/29: 14 miles in the park and subdivision. Apparently my legs felt like lead or something because it took 2:06:19 (9:01/mile pace).
The month of May ended with 164 miles run.
Monday 6/1: Ran 6 miles in the park and subdivision next to it. 6.13 in 52:28 (8:34/mile pace).
Tuesday 6/2: 8 x 800. Yasso 800s are some of the most difficult workouts to me. However, I nailed them, despite having difficulty with my watch. Kept these almost entirely in the park, but as it got too busy I ran part in the subdivision next to it. 9.52 miles in 1:17:16 (8:07/mile pace).
Wednesday 6/3: 5 miles. Park and subdivision. Overall, 5.14 in 45:33 (8:52/mile pace).
Thursday 6/4: 4.5 mile tempo. Ran in the park and subdivision, and I was dealing with some heat. The tempo portion was in 36:16 (8:04/mile pace), overall 6.51 in 54:43 (8:24/mile pace).
Friday 6/5: I set out to do a 15 mile long run in some very warm (low 70s) and extremely sticky conditions. One bottle of Gatorade Endurance was not enough. After 12 miles I was really feeling spent and ended walking after 13 miles and some change and deciding to call it there. Went to the park’s water fountain, which was off (🤬 virus). Made it to 13.25 in 2:04:05 (9:22/mile pace).
Sunday 6/7: Wednesday 6/3 was Global Running Day and there was an Aftershokz Strava-group run that was supposed to be on that day. When the Black Lives Matter protests began, they moved it to Sunday. So I went ahead and ran it, partly because of cutting my long run short. 3.38 miles in exactly 30 minutes (8:53/mile pace).
Monday 6/8: Another six miles in the park and subdivison. 6.11 miles in 52:33 (8:36/mile pace).
Tuesday 6/9: 8 x hill. Went up to East Fork to run these in the newly-opened campground area. My splits were all pretty well grouped with 2:00, 2:01, 1:58, 1:59, 2:01, 2:01, 1:58, 1:59. Overall, 6.64 miles in 59:51 (9:01/mile pace).
Wednesday 6/10: 5 miles in the park and subdivision. Overall, 5.19 in 44:18 (8:32/mile pace).
Thursday 6/11: 30 minute tempo. I did this one by time (for once), basically adding 30 minutes to my first mile split time (hey, it’s easy math!). Ran the 3.91 miles in the 30 minutes, for a pace of 7:40/mile. Overall, 6 miles in 48:32 (8:05/mile pace).
Saturday 6/13. Due to fieldwork, I ran my long run on Saturday, and while I considered going somewhere else, I stayed in the park and subdivision. It was a chilly morning and I was pulling back (this is a pull-back week, although you wouldn’t know). Ran pretty fast, the 12.22 miles went by in 1:43:07 (8:26/mile pace).
That’s it for the three weeks. 37, 40.5, and 39.5 in those weeks. I’m up to 385km (of 1,000km, so 38.5%) in the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee and 156 miles across Ohio in 22:29:26 (8:40/mile pace, and that’s 34.3% across the state).