18 miles - 10.5 of the miles Adam was nice enough to join me on. I feel better right now after 18 this morning than I did last week after my 17.5. That is a good thing. It was a fun run overall. We had snow coming down pretty heavily for the first 9 miles. It was then nice and clear with the occasional nasty road condition. Mile 10 was actually a good 30 seconds or so faster, for those of you who really want to get nitpicky. I managed to step in a huge puddle and completely soak my right foot. I thought I paused my watch while I was assessing the situation, but didn't. We clipped off 4 miles at marathon pace to see how my legs would hold up. It felt good to let the legs loose for a bit. Every once in a while it was a little sketchy at that pace with the road conditions and cars flying by, but overall it was fun. We slowed up for mile 15 and then I tried to close the last 3 miles strong after dropping Adam at his house. Overall, I feel good about my goals even though I didn't hit them right on the head. I mixed them up a bit and feel fine about that. I ran a few more miles than I had anticipated, which is fine with me. I got in my 400s, but missed the full tempo. That is ok though because my tempo ended up being at a high exertion level and then I got in another 4 at marathon pace during my long run. I feel like it was a successful week. | 1 | 8:22.2 | 1.00 | 8:22 | | 2 | 8:06.8 | 1.00 | 8:07 | | 3 | 8:04.4 | 1.00 | 8:04 | | 4 | 8:19.1 | 1.00 | 8:19 | | 5 | 8:41.9 | 1.00 | 8:42 | | 6 | 8:44.4 | 1.00 | 8:44 | | 7 | 8:22.8 | 1.00 | 8:23 | | 8 | 8:30.9 | 1.00 | 8:31 | | 9 | 8:30.9 | 1.00 | 8:31 | | 10 | 8:25.5 | 1.00 | 8:25 | | 11 | 6:56.0 | 1.00 | 6:56 | | 12 | 6:53.9 | 1.00 | 6:54 | | 13 | 6:50.8 | 1.00 | 6:51 | | 14 | 6:48.6 | 1.00 | 6:49 | | 15 | 7:58.5 | 1.00 | 7:59 | | 16 | 7:34.0 | 1.00 | 7:34 | | 17 | 7:32.3 | 1.00 | 7:32 | | 18 | 7:23.2 | 1.00 | 7:23 |
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