And hitting 100 miles is nice, but to do it here and there as a one off seems disingenuous, if that makes any sense. Almost like I'm saying to myself, "Hey, I'm running 100 miles, how come I'm not improving?" Well, because doing it once isn't running 100mpw. And improvement does not occur in one week. I'm reminded of what Bruce Denton taught Quenton Cassidy:
"You don't become a champion by winning a morning workout. The only true way is to marshal the ferocity of your ambition over the course of many days, weeks, months, and (if you could finally come to accept it) years."
I'm not going to win a silver medal, but shoot - why not see if I could potentially handle 100mpw for a few weeks...or months...or years!? Well, I am clearly rambling at this point. So...
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| 21-Sep | Long Run | 0:07:39 | 18.04 | Battle Road with the gang. Feet felt stiff at the beginning but loosened up and I finished well. | ||||
| 22-Sep | Easy/Easy | 0:07:35 | 12.22 | AM: Commute PM: Commute home + Raleigh dog. |
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| 23-Sep | Commute/Intervals | 20.96 | AM: Drove home for lunch and ran
back in. PM: Commute + 1200/1000/800/200x2/600x4. 1200 @ 5-8K pace, 1000-800 @ 5K, 600 @ 5K/Mile/5K pace, 200 @ Mile pace 2 min rest between all. |
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| 24-Sep | 4HillRoute/Easy | 0:08:11 | 13.58 | AM: 7+ at ~8min pace. PM: 6+ at ~8min pace. |
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| 25-Sep | Commute/Tempo | 16.41 | AM: 4m commute at ~8min
pace. PM: 12+ total, 5m tempo at 6:0x pace. |
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| 26-Sep | 0:07:45 | 11.57 | AM: ~4.5 late lunch, full
stomach. Ack. PM: 7+ at 7:42/mile. |
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| 27-Sep | Fresh Pond | 0:07:37 | 10.00 | AM: Fresh Pond in 31 something.
Plenty of warm up and cool down. PM: Blue Hills hiking. |
Splits:
1200-4:15.60
1000-3:31.29
800-2:48.26
200-36.11
200-35.60
600-2:01.98
600-2:00.65
600-1:59.22
600-1:56.35
Total: 102.78
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