9/4/16 to 9/17/16: Down Week & Up Week

The week of 9/4 to 9/10 felt pretty jam packed.  It started off with the Finish With a Guinness in Rhode Island and finished on Shelter Island NY for a friend's wedding.  Sandwiched in between was a good bit of driving and a mini-vacation.  It was the first week in quite some time that I only ran singles, so the mileage took a significant dip.  However, I still squeezed in a long run, a hill workout, and some good moderate runs throughout.  So while I'm a little annoyed looking at the mileage total, it was still a solid week.

The week of 9/11 to 9/17 was interesting.  I didn't have an opportunity for a long run on the 11th, and was only able to squeeze in a 6 miler while still on Long Island.  So, I expected it to be difficult to get back into the swing of high mileage.  However, with work hours shifting from an 8:30am start time back to the normal 9am start time, I decided to keep my alarm as is and just squeeze in whatever for extra mileage.  That turned what had been my normal ~7m morning commute into a 10 miler.  I'm not sure if that'll be sustainable in the short term, but I was able to handle it for Monday through Thursday, and it can perhaps be done in the future - for now, I think it would be a bit of a risky jump in overall mileage.  By the end of the week, I realized I had an easy opportunity for a new high mileage week, but I took the cautious route and had an easy day to cap off the week.

Here's all the stuff:

4-Sep		Finish With a Guinness 5k *Pub		1:06:00		8.87		AM: First time ever going off course on a race.  Realized it in slow motion, but doubled back and came in 11th overall.  Not bad, I guess.
		Off		0:00:00		0		PM: Off.  Beach again after the long drive back.
5-Sep		Off		0:00:00		0		AM: Lazy morning.
		Moderate		1:56:18		15.18		PM: Afternoon long run, with a quick first 5, then a hilly trail run with Eli and Raleigh followed by another quick 5+.  15+ total.
6-Sep		Hill Repeats		0:54:37		7.29		AM: 7+ at 7:30/mile.  Getting it in a bit quick to ensure vacationing fun continues.  Good hills on this run too.
		Vacation		0:00:00		0		PM: Vacationing fun continues!
7-Sep		Easy		1:08:12		8.26		AM: 8+ at 8:15/mile. Did 10 repeats on Hart Road.  Man, that is one brutal hill.
		Vacation		0:00:00		0		PM: Vacation fun BRO.
8-Sep		Easy		0:54:23		7.05		AM: 7+ at 7:43/mile.  Middle 5 were a moderate effort on the hilly roads, not fast, but good effort.
		Vacation		0:00:00		0		PM: Off.
9-Sep		Drive		0:00:00		0		AM:  Off, early AM driving.
		Moderate		0:37:09		5.1		PM: 5+ at 7:15/mile.  Just trying to squeeze in a run before the rehearsal dinner.
10-Sep		Easy		1:05:35		8.74		AM: 8+ at 7:30/mile followed by a soak in the ocean.
		Savage/Hunt Wedding		0:00:00		0		PM: Wedding fun!
11-Sep		Moderate		0:43:11		6.03		AM:  Relatively quick 6m before the post-wedding brunch.  Averaged 7:10/mile in some pretty hot/sunny/sticky weather.
		Off		0:00:00		0		PM:  Long ferry ride and drive home meant I couldn't sneak in an evening 10 miler.
12-Sep		Easy		1:15:57		10.07		AM: Trying to make up some mileage.  10+ at 7:33/mile.
		Moderate		1:18:26		10.32		PM: More make up mileage.  10+ at 7:36/mile.
13-Sep		Easy		1:17:17		10.03		AM:  A little risky with the mileage this morning with track tonight.  10+ at 7:42/mile.
		Harvard Track		1:51:19		14.22		PM: Commute home and to Harvard.  800/1000/1600/1000/800, 200x2.  5k/10k/mile pacing.  Calves both started to spasm during the 200s so I backed off.  Good start, ok finish.
14-Sep		Easy		1:19:23		10		AM: Can't believe I made it to 10…man, I am cooked from that workout. 10+ at 7:56.
		Easy		1:11:25		8.67		PM: Commute home then slow with Raleigh to meet up with Elizabeth.  8+ with final two extra slow.
15-Sep		Easy		1:18:03		10.05		AM: Another 10+ commute.  Averaged 7:48/mile.
		Tempo/Hills		1:25:56		11.58		PM: Commute home then 4+ tempo around 6:05/10 with Terry.  11+ tot averaging 7:25/mile.
16-Sep		Easy		1:05:41		8.22		AM: No 10+ commute streak!  8.22 at about 8/mile.
		Easy		0:36:51		4.72		PM: 4+ at 7:48/mile.  A bit shorter ahead of the long drive.
17-Sep		Workout		0:36:03		4.06		AM: 4+ at around 9min miles.  Slow and hilly with Eli and the pooch.
		Easy		0:00:00		0		PM: Relax.

9/13 Splits:

800-2:35

1000-3:18

1600-5:32

1000-3:21

800-2:35

200-35

200-31

9/4 - 9/10 Total: 60.49

9/11 - 9/17 Total: 107.97