re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

Superior 3.5s. Once I bent that top lace area back and forth a few times (after that painful first run), they've beem awesome. I've beem goimg zero drop for years and love it. Have had various altras but like the superiors best. The 3.5s seem a lot more durable than 2.0s (I skippee the 3.0s)

Took a very light week last week. Got me behind on my mileage for the year but I had lost a lot of desire to get out there last few weeks with the heat and with not feeling great.

Good 3 miler in the rain this afternoon and ready to get after it with cooler temps coming my way.

Got my 3 miles in this morning

Feels so weird running 3 after running 15 my previous trip out. Barely got warmed up

Treadmill work this AM.

5' warmup

10' med pace
5' slow pace
6' fast pace
1' rest

x2

Running on a treadmill is torture most days.

Got in a good 4 mile negative split early this am, felt great. Goal was to negative split and be in the 9:10 neighborhood, which is my goal HM pace.

9:46, 9:24, 9:10, 8:56, avg. 9:18

155 avg. bpm, 178 cadence. I've been focusing on improving my cadence/turnover.

Gym work planned for later this afternoon. Feeling good.

Got in a long slow run this morning. Felt like the air had water just floating in it. 13.25 miles @ 9:30 pace. Almost emptied my 1.5L Camelback.

Stopped at REI at lunch yesterday. I run with a head lamp when I have to run at night and the one I have is crappy. Been looking to upgrade to a better headlamp or a handheld for a while. Just so expensive for a flashlight. Got lucky and REI had the Nathan Zephyr Fire 100 for $10 yesterday. Grabbed the last one in the store. Can find them online for mid 20's, but I've never pulled the trigger. Always like 40-50 bucks when I see them in the store.



It's sad the little things that get me motivated. But I'm ready to run at night more now . I hated that damned head lamp.

Disappointed today. Because of cake. Cake can frick right off.

We had some last night after dinner. I’ve been pretty good about avoiding heavy desserts for a while so I splurged a bit last night.

My heart was racing and I felt jittery all night. Didn’t fall asleep until around 2am and needed to wake up by 515 if I was going to complete my 7 mile run. Slept until 645 instead.

I’ll try to get it done tomorrow morning but with a 14 miler looming on Saturday, I’m not sure I want to push it too hard on Thursday.

fricking cake.

No kidding. I had candy for lunch yesterday just candy.

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I hated that damned head lamp.

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Really? I don't mind my headlamp at all.

I would certainly mind carrying something in my hand like that though.

I will carry a water in a hand carrier for long runs on necessity, but I would much prefer to stash and grab.

I hate things in my hands while running. Mostly because I run with my hands super relaxed and open.