June 28-July 4th

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

What a week of running.

Monday

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This run sucked. It was way too hot and I struggled with my fartlek. I was also a bit tired from my long run the day before. But, "it's the days when you don't feel well that make you stronger. Anyone can run well when they feel great."

Tuesday

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Base day was amazing. I got onto some trails and really got moving. Tuesday is now my official trail day. It gets me on some uneven terrain, and it's good to add some runs with hills into your week.

Wednesday

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This run was even better than tuesday's. My tempo run went awesome. I have no exact idea of what my times were because my mile markers were off but i do know that my warm up pace was at 7:20. I think I was just excited to get into the tempo and my dad biked along with me while I ran which pushed to go faster, just by his presence. Overall my pace for the 5.11 mile run was at 7:02 so it was definitely quick, but just felt natural to go fast that day.

Thursday

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I missed my run BUT I cross trained on the bike. The harley that is. Does that count? :-)

Friday

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Run was pretty poor. I tried to dedicate the whole run to just focusing on my form, but this made the run seem long and tedious.

Sunday

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Long run went fairly smooth, but wore me out. I picked a specific route because I had never done it before and I thought that it would be nice and shady - but it turned out to be hilly and SUNNY. Instead of a tree lined country road, i was surrounded by corn and wheat fields with no trees. Beautiful run. But no shade. Not fun. Overall pace ended up being 7:55. Each week I look forward to this run because it gets me closer and closer to 26.2.

Overall

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I'm happy with the week but still don't like to miss days in the middle. Am still working on switching my runs more to the AM. Have been eating very well and I'm happy with that. Did not get out completely barefoot at all this week. Also have been slacking on sit ups / push ups. GOAL FOR NEXT WEEK: do NOT miss a run. DO my strength work. DO my striders after base day, which i forgot this week.