2/9 to 2/15: Moving Along

Not as many miles as last week, but I had 4 runs of medium to very good quality. Sunday started off with a crappy-footing-no-one-shoveled-and-I-was-kind-of-hungover 20 miler. Add in the fact that it was a solo effort, and I'm pretty happy with the effort.  Tuesday I ran mile repeats (6x1 mile) at the Harvard indoor track with TomD, and we averaged 5:50 - with about 1:46 jogging rest in between. That felt like a great workout, but the more I think about it...I don't know what it means.

Does the fact I felt comfortable at that pace mean it's my 5-mile race pace? 10k? Other? Is this helpful to my marathon training? I'm sure it is, but is there a more effective approach? More repeats at a slower pace? Same workout but w/less rest? 2-mile repeats instead of 1?...I don't know the answer, but I am curious.

In the grand scheme of things - I'm just trying to keep things interesting as I maintain this level of mileage. I still consider myself a fairly new runner, so simply running MORE is going to be enough to see improvement. And with the weather being so crappy lately, adding in workouts at Harvard has simply been a way to stay off of the ice and away from the treadmill.

Here iz it!

9-Feb		Long Run		0:07:47		20.01		SOLO effort. People need to shovel the sidewalks in front of their flippin houses. Rich a-holes.
10-Feb		Recovery		0:07:53		8.35		Ran home from work and went around the Charles for a bit. Terrible footing.
11-Feb		MLR/Hills/Speed		0:07:55		16.32		AM: Sluggish run into work, 4m. PM: 1600x6/200x2 - 10k pace and floating 200's. Felt good.
12-Feb		MLR Recovery		0:07:50		8.01		Ran along the Charles from the Back Bay.
13-Feb		Intervals				13		800/1000/1200/1000/800/600x2
14-Feb		Recovery				0		Travel day. Day off was probably a good choice. Streak of 24 days ends...
15-Feb		Moderate		0:07:10		6		Moved at a quick pace to get the run finished so I could hang with the DC Bugbees

Tuesday:

1600-5:50.31

1600-5:50.25

1600-5:57.95

1600-5:50.42

1600-5:53.29

1600-5:42.93

200-38.06

200-37.18

Thursday:

800-2:48.2

1000-3:32.6

1200-4:24.3

1000-3:29.7

800-2:44.8

600-2:01.4

600-1:55.0

Total Weekly Mileage: ~71.69