Wow, the summer is flying by! It certainly has been ideal running weather, so far. Early morning temps in the 50's and 60's are a real luxury. With the exception of Monday, this coming week looks to be more of the same.
I slightly increased mileage this week, maxing out at 94.4, but ran some real quality runs. I am going to attempt a sub 1:30 half marathon every Tuesday morning; this weeks attempt came in at 1:33, so I have some work to do. It's hard to get those legs moving at 5:20 am! My last few miles were at around 6:30 pace, so it takes a little time to get everything loosened up, but the speed is there. Second quality run was Friday's 10 miler, where I threw in 5x 1 mile intervals at 6:15 pace. I hope to have those down to 6 flat by mid September. Capped off the week with a 21 plus long run, which was very slow and because of the high mileage and my legs were toast.
I need to rest up and run easy the next few days, so I am ready for the Torchlight 5k indowntown Minneapolis on Wednesday night. This should be fun, starts at the Basilica and ends at the Stone Arch Bridge, with free beer! Hoping for a sub 18 finish.
August will be a busy racing month, with the Como Park Relays every Wednesday and the MDRA 15k. Can't wait to get this started!
Happy Running!
Rick
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