weekend wrap up
saturday morning i was awake before the alarm went off due to thunderstorms and rain. i took a look at weather.com for the radar view and it looked like the last of the storms would be moving through pretty quickly. so i got in my car headed out to germantown to run long with my friend dana, who’s also signed up for the lakefront marathon. we headed out and got some added rain for the first mile or two, but no thunder or lightning. the pace quickly got under 8 minute pace when i had to holler "uncle" and keep the effort around the 8 minute mark.
we hit the turn at slightly under 8 minute pace and while heading back noticed a big dog running ahead of us without a leash. opting to be safe than sorry, we crossed over to the other side of the road. at 10M i gulped down an energy gel as i was feeling lousy. climbing back into dana’s neighborhood, my turnover and lift was minimal and i was stuck in more of the marathon shuffle. we called it quits at 14 miles (~1:51) and walked the half mile back to his house.
for the week, i ended up with 50 miles. for what it’s worth, i am noticing a few more twinges in my achilles tendons than i had the week prior.
sunday i took the day off as we were hosting my dana’s 1st birthday party. she got a piece of cake and was a complete mess after figuring out how to eat it. (she even started licking her high chair’s table top to get the purple frosting!)
monday morning i headed out on the glacial drumlin with temps in the mid-50’s…just the way i like it. i ran four miles out at 8:30 pace and came back in slightly under 8:00 pace for a net pace of 8:14.
MTD – 107
YTD – 1,133.5
Odometer – 25,471