Running The Race

This has been a “transition” week. The weather has turned colder. The days continue to get shorter. I have officially transitioned to the taper. And the real true sign of winter, the parks folks have stored the water fountains for the winter which made for a long dry run on Thursday.

Monday I ran 10 miles with 4 x 1200m intervals (5:36, 5:42, 5:41, 5:42). It was a good run at a good pace. The target for the intervals was 5:44 to 5:51. A little fast but close enough.

Tuesday I had a late meeting so I just ran 5 recovery miles mostly in the dark.

Thursday was a general 10 mile run (without water).

Friday was an easy 4 mile recovery run.

Saturday was my last 20 miler before the St. Jude Marathon.

It was raining when I got up Saturday morning so I didn’t get out the door until after 6 am. It appeared that most of the rain had passed to the east. It was windy with the temperature around 50 but dropping. By mile 7, it started raining again and showered off and on for the next 13 miles. It was never a hard rain but the wind is what made it unconfortable.

Had a decent run and was just glad to get it over with. Now it is less than three weeks to Memphis.

Training for the week
Sun: Rest
Mon: 10 miles w/4 x 1200m intervals – 1:28:09, 8:44 pace
Tues: 5 miles – 44:03, 8:48 pace
Wed: Rest
Thur: 10 miles – 1:27:32, 8:44 pace
Fri: 4 miles – 35.14, 8:48 pace
Sat: 20 miles – 3:05:58, 9:17 pace

Total for the week: 49 miles

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