I finally made it, my first 80 mile week since September of last year! Throw in a quality run on Tuesday, hill-sprints on Thursday and a 1-mile race today and you have yourself one helluva a week. My body held up well, thanks to the slow and gradual build-up, I got plenty of sleep and I feel ready to do it all over again this week! I still need to find a race this month, just to test my fitness. A fast, flat 10k course would be nice.
The mile race today was the USATF Mile Championships at Hamline University. I was in heat number #4 and finished with a 5:16. I was in a relatively fast group, so had some people to chase won. Felt good enough to pass 3 or 4 guys on the back straight, but did not have enough to catch my two speedy teammates. Well done guys!
I was reading through some old posts and saw that it was 4 years ago this week, that I ran the Minneapolis Marathon. The time of 3:17 was not significant, the comments I made about the race were. I had my first marathon with a negative split. In fact, mile 26 was the fastest mile of the race. This was the breakthrough I was looking for after numerous crash and burn performances. Post- race I was excited, rejuvenated and ready for more. So happy that 4 years later I feel the same way.
Happy Running!
Rick
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