Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Quick Update

Solid Tempo this morning - decided it's time to start stretching it out a little, so I went from the normal 6 fast (8 overall) to 7 fast (9 overall). Did the seven at 6:52 which is just a little faster than planned (6:56). Felt good as it was cool and misty (Mother Nature's AC was on). Heartrate was 2-3 lower than normal, which may have been due to the weather or could be due to an incredible leap in my fitness.

Relaxing recovery run yesterday - 5 miles, super slow

Rest of the week is planned as follows......
...Easy 7 miler, with strides tomorrow
...Medium 12 miler Thursday
...Pace run Friday - 6 miles at planned HMP (6:40), 9 overall
...Easy 10 miler Saturday, with strides
...21 miler on Sunday, last 2 miles at current MP (7:06)

Should be about 73 for the week, like last week.

Still doinking around with the shoes. The Elixirs are awesome (ran the last 65 miles in them), but I will trash my shins if I run 70+ in those every week. Spoke to the guys at the shoe store and they recommed trying the new Inspires again, and just trying to gradually rotate them in. The basic chassis of the shoe is the same as the previous model, so they think it's more likely just running in a newer shoe, vs running in a different shoe. We'll see....

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