I nailed another high mileage week, adding another 94.2 to my growing total. Not a ton of quality, but it felt pretty effortless which a really good sign.
I ran the Como Park Relays again this past Wednesday. This week was 6 x 1 mile and my partner and I ran all of them between 5:59 and 6:12. My splits were 6:09, 6:02 and 6:01. As I said last week, this is a tough course, not all that hilly, but really lumpy. I never feel secure and the last thing I want to do is turn my ankle this far into my marathon training. I enjoyed some watermelon and cookies with my Wednesday night running pals. A really nice evening.
My daughter had a rough go of it last week during her long run, so I volunteered my services as pace monkey for her first 20 miler this week. She nailed it! We had to get up at 4:30 am and were out the door by 4:45. It was a beautiful morning and outside of an emergency bathroom break and a frantic cross country trek over a scary looking railroad trestle, it all went according to plan! Well done, young lady!
I also had a running/camping trip planned. I simply locate an interesting campsite, set up camp and run as much as possible. 53 miles of week-end running! Bam!
I really feel the need to focus on some quality this coming week. Como Park Relays are 10x 1k, I plan on running a 1:30 half at some point this week, then finish off my weekly 20 miler with a handfuls of miles at MP. Not sure how many, I have to see how my body feels.
Happy Running!
Rick
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