Monday (6/8/15) - 6.1 miles, 53:47, 8:49 pace - Too fast. Still trying to figure out what 9 minute miles feel like.
Tuesday (6/9/15) - 6.5 miles - Speed work at the middle school track. One mile there; 9x400 (3 intervals short of the requirement, but I had to get my 13-year old off to school) intervals between between a 5k & 10k pace with easy 400 recovery laps in between; another mile home. I discovered the middle school track is short. Next Tuesday I will run to the high school where one lap is exactly 400 meters.
Wednesday (6/10/15) - Off
Thursday (6/11/15) - 6 miles, 55:08, 9:11 pace - Ran with my neighbor. Good conversation and the easy miles ticked by. Kept on pace, too!
Friday (6/12/15) - 6.21, 54:05, 8:43 pace - Too fast again.
Saturday (6/13/15) - 6.15, 53:56, 8:46 pace - My daughter had an appointment in Brooklyn at 8:30am so while she was there, I ran on the promenade alongside the Belt Parkway. I parked on Shore Road close to Owl's Head Park at 9am. It was a steamy 80 degrees. I had to use the bathroom (surprise) and luckily there was a porta potty right by the American Veterans Memorial Pier. There was a group of runners on line wearing race bibs. I asked the girl ahead of me what the distance and start time were. A 10k at 10am. Hmm, I was scheduled to run six, but did I really want to hang out another hour to start and, oh, I had no money on me to register! I guess I'll pass.
There was a nice cool breeze coming off the Upper New York Harbor. I felt good running and thought back to my Half Marathon PR that I hit at the same location in 2013. There were a lot of runners, walkers, and cyclists out, but not so many that they were a disruption. About a half mile past the Verrazano Bridge I hit the three mile marker (There were actually mile markers due to the race!) and turned around. I ran up a couple of flights of stairs leading to overpasses just to get the elevation in and work my calves and hamstrings. I was trying to run slow, however because of the race atmosphere, I found it difficult to stay focused. I felt energized and great throughout.
Me at the promenade with a poor shot of the
Verrazano Bridge in the background.
Total Weekly Mileage: 39
We are similar paces and I'm familiar with the HMM. Are you following the beginner plan? I'm curious on using this or HH for my upcoming marathon (MCM). I'll follow your progress, and nice training week! Sounds like it shaped up nicely.
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This is my first time using the HMM. I'm pretty excited because I need a strict running plan, otherwise it's too easy for me to fall off the rails (as I did with the Pfitzinger 18/55 before Boston). I'm a little nervous about the easy running paces (basically, running slow to run fast), but most of the reviews ice read have been positive.
DeleteI like Higdon, too! I used him for my first and second (my first first BQ!) marathons.
Good luck at Marine Corps! My neighbor is running it, too. I'm doing the Army 10 miler in DC.
I'm using the advanced plan.
DeleteFunny - I read this initially as "I'm using the advanced pain."
DeleteI'm wondering what a 9:00 pace feels like too but for very different reasons. Quite workout in Brooklyn. Did you bandit the race or was all that running before the start?
ReplyDeleteI didn't bandit. Banditing is bad.
DeleteI wish 9:00 was an easy pace for me.. le sigh.
ReplyDeleteI would normally have something very profound to say, but I am devastated from watching the Game of Thrones season finale. I don't know if I'll recover.
DeleteTrimara sports organizes the races on the promenade. Fun races. Good atmosphere. Nice scenery. A lot of the runners go one of the bars for post-race specials afterwards.
ReplyDeleteYes! Trimara Sports was the organizer! I looked them up afterwards. You're right, it looked like a fun event. I will probably do my pre-marathon half there if there's one in late August/early September.
DeleteI've ran that stretch of road by Owl's Head Park. NYCRuns often puts on races there. I really like it, except sometimes the headwind back to Owl's Head is brutal.
ReplyDeleteI actually thought I saw you when I was there! I like the NYCRuns races a lot. They're smaller and more personal than NYRR, just a pain to get to from LI sometimes. Yes, I agree that headwind can be brutal, but it was refreshing on Saturday because it was so damn hot.
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