We join our hero at the end of the longest run of a week that was mostly cool until he started on that long run.
Monday: 6 miles. Same six miles in the same park and subdivision. 6.09 miles in 52:12 (8:34/mile pace).
Tuesday: 12 x 400. Ran entirely in the park, sometimes going the incorrect direction. Splits were 1:41, 1:38, 1:44, 1:41, 1:43, 1:40, 1:45, 1:45, 1:45, 1:40, 1:40, 1:41; the goal range was 1:46-1:49, so all were a little fast. Overall, 7.75 miles in 1:03:29 (8:11/mile pace).
Wednesday: 5 mile recovery. Ran in the same park and subdivision. 5.1 in 44:10 (8:40/mile pace).
Thursday: 4.5 mile tempo run. Ran in the park and the subdivision next to it. The morning weather was perfect… My tempo portion was 33:53 (7:32/mile pace), and my overall was 6.5 in 51:11 (7:52/mile pace), which is the fastest workout I’ve had since probably 2018.
Friday: Fieldwork, so I didn’t run. At least I made it home before my watch decided I made my calorie goal (last week, my watch decided I hit that goal while driving through Dayton, Ohio).
Saturday: 13 miles…
Ran in the park and subdivision… a few laps. This was a hot one, and I took both a water bottle and a bottle of Gatorade and mostly alternated starting with Gatorade at 2 miles. I slept through miles 7 and 9 (suddenly I was 8 and 10 miles in without recalling the signal for the miles in between). Overall, 13.33 miles in 1:55:44 (8:41/mile pace).
That’s it for the week. Just under 39 miles, and at a pretty good pace. I’m shy of 45% though the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee and almost 43% in the Race Across Ohio (There and Back Again).