A 13-mile Long Run Today
by
Allen
I usually do my long run on Saturday, but I did it today for this week. Tomorrow my wife and I are attending the wedding of her 1st cousin once removed, and the only time I would have tomorrow to run would be in the hot afternoon. To avoid that, I decided to do the run today. My wakeup HR was 52, but I felt pretty good. When I left on the run, the ...
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My last 13-mile long run before the GSL
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Allen
I ran my 13-mile route along the Jordan River Parkway and finished in 2 hours 43 minutes. Not quite as fast as last Saturday but a good time, none the less. The temperature was about 70 (F) when I started running and was about 90 (F) when I returned, and it was a nice run. I went out a little faster than I had been doing in previous runs (my first ...
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You Can Have Your 13-Miles!
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Rock G.
Jason and Stephen, a breather at the top of a ridge. Tennessee Valley in the background. Muir Beach and Point Reyes in the distance. Click Here for more images. I'm sorry that I told people I was running the San Francisco Kaiser Half-Marathon and then flaking on them. I am not sorry that I spent 5 hours running somewhere else instead, 3+ hours of i ...
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Rest runs are great
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Allen
I ran an OK 4-mile rest run today. I could tell that I wasn't fully recovered from my 13-mile long run on Saturday, but I did OK. We had a lot of rain during the night, and I expected the canal road to be muddy, and I ran city streets. Training Graphs
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A great 2 1/2 hour long run
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Allen
I ran my 13-mile route on the Jordan River Parkway this morning, and I finished in 2 hours 34 minutes, a new PB for a 13-mile training run. When I crossed the 12-mile mark, I was at the exact time (2:21) that I finished the GSL Half Marathon. I kept a pretty constant and relatively fast pace for 11 miles, and then I slowed down a bit for the last 2 ...
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I am getting faster as a runner!
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Allen
I've been looking at my progress during the past 12 months. During that time I ran several 13-mile training runs, two half-marathons, and one 5K. Since the 5K is a shorter race, I've looked at my pace for the first three miles of my fastest training run and each half-marathon and for today's 5K. Here are the pace numbers (times spent in walking bre ...
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I added a 5th day
by
Allen
I just finished a one-mile run through my neighborhood. This makes 5 days/week that I'll be running. I will add one mile each week to the 5th day, and by Christmas I should be up to 5 miles which is my goal for this day. That will give me three 5-mile runs, one 10-mile run, and one 13-mile run, for a total of 38 miles/week. I'll keep it at that lev ...
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An unbelievable 1-hour run
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Allen
Boy, I had a great run today! I felt good and went faster during the first mile than I usually do, and I continued a fast pace for the whole run. Prior to the GSL half-marathon in August, I would run 5 miles in the hour. Yesterday, I ran for an hour and went about 1/3 mile past the 5 miles. Today I went about 1/2 mile past the 5 miles. I keep menti ...
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Changing my running schedule
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Allen
I've been thinking that I should change my running schedule, because my heavy runs are now defined by pace rather than distance. I've decided to make the change. Before I ran the SLC half marathon in April, I ran light 5-mile runs on both Monday and Tuesday, and I ran a heavy intermediate 10-mile run on Wednesday and a heavy 13-mile long run on Sa ...
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Sleep, wonderful sleep...
by
Allen
I had a whopping 10 hours sleep last night, and my wakeup HR was 53, just a point above yesterday. After my 13-mile run yesterday, I took a half-hour nap and then watched a movie (The Greatest Game Ever Played, a true story of a 20-year old amateur golfer who won the US Open). I then mowed my lawns and did a few chores that kept me on my feet. So, ...
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