Goal: Hmmm....
brumrunner- I would give a left...to run that after training for it, nice job!
pablo- How do you make that mileage seem so effortless. I'm glad to see the runs you posted though, cause I was asking myself if it is common to run consecutive doubles on higher mileage days...obviously this comes with time and experience.
So, I've been seriously questioning how I've been training for quite awhile now, and one of the biggest questions I have (which is probably universal) is hard day easy day pacing. Watching you guys and seeing, sometimes 2 min variations has me wondering if that may be a huge problem with my improvement. While I haven't been running too long, I have probably maintained a low 7min average for most runs. I have taken progression runs as low as 5 min miles, but comparatively they don't add up.
As I watch some of you post easy runs as slow as high 7's, I wonder if I am shooting myself in the foot. My easy runs seem easy, but I obviously don't have the speed work to back it up, as my "easy" pace, and it seems difficult to fathom a mid * min pace as easy. Any ideas, as to how I should determine these paces?
This is my last week of increasing my mileage, and then I will drop back a bit, and start over. I have ran everything without a watch, and strictly off of feel. I'm not sure if it's the increase, but my sciatica is wreaking havoc on me. My PT has been doing some pretty aggressive ART, and I feel amazing, but he says the fact that my new job requires me to sit all day, it is going to be a long road...anyways, here's my week. Sorry for the rant!
M- am 5 (7:18), pm 6 (7:23)
T- am 7 (7:11), pm 4 (7:04)
W- am 6 (7:14), pm 6 (8:03) trails w/900 ft of climbing
T- off
F- am 6 (7:18), pm 9 (6:51)
S- am 6 (6:48)
S- am 14 (7:12), pm 5 (7:34)
Total- 74
Oh yeah, I am humoring either a 10k or 1/2 this weekend, and was wondering if anyone wanted to give some input as to how I should structure this week, since I was going to drop it back anyways. Or, should I just let it go, since I didnt do any specific training for either.
As always thanx.