This was week 8, about 12 weeks out and as I mentioned last week, the time when the real work begins. I've been gradually building mileage and on top of running 80 to 90 mile weeks, I get to throw more quality and racing into the mix.
I am happy to report that I hit my mileage goal of 85 miles and nailed a quality tempo run on Tuesday night, where I ran 12 miles with 9 at sub 6:40 pace, then capped off the week with 19 miles on Saturday and a HM at 6:39 pace, followed up by 14 easy on Sunday. Now I came up a little short on my HM goal, but I am still pleased with the effort. I had trouble getting going, hitting the first half at about a 6:47 pace. However, I opened it up on the way back hitting 6:30 pace pretty comfortably and even running a sub 40 minute 10k!
I am really happy with my progression so far. No huge gains and no PR's, but I feel good, no pain or injuries and very little fatigue. I think the cold weather training and the slow easy miles are paying off.
I will try to hit 90 miles this week and because of the mileage increase, I will stick with one quality run. Shooting for 13 miles with 10 at 6:30 pace, but maybe wait until Thursday, to let me recover from the HM.
Happy Running!
Rick
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