Training in Montana

Drove home 8 hours yesterday, so I decided to sleep in yesterday morning so I would be fully awake for the drive. Good call. This morning I was still a bit tired so decided to do 4 miles instead of longer. Again good call. Got a bit of a late start so picked up the pace on the way back. For my normal runs from home I head uphill on the out, so the back is always faster. It works out quite well. My legs felt very stretched on the two miles back home today, so I'll keep getting in some faster paces when able.

Paces: 9:23, 8:30, 7:16, 6:56. AP: 8:01

Very tired last night, got to bed late even though I was trying to best to hit the sack. Planned to do 4 this morning but I was not feeling it when the alarm went off so I listened to my body and kept sleeping. I knew I was going to Boot Camp at Noon.

Noon: Went to Boot Camp. Wow, was it a good workout. Great leg exercises, some upper body, good cardio. My headband was soaked. My mileage plan is picking up in the next couple weeks so I'll drop to 1 BC a week and then probably none. Not sure my old body can handle a rough double plus 40-50 mpw. No miles to record, but it should be 6+ as it was over 50 minutes of working out and the headband sweat was like a tempo 6+. That's my best indicator.

6 miles this fine morning. Arms were sweating like crazy as I had overdressed for 37F. Spring running is tough to know how to dress. Good run. Legs a bit tired from Boot Camp, will be more sore tomorrow.

AP: 8:42

6 more difficult miles this morning. I normally go up the hill so that my out is slow and steady and my return is downhill and fast. I need to switch it up more as going downhill first then working my way back home is definitely more challenging. 43F outside, so much nicer. Still dressed too warmly so bring on 50s and I'll know what to do.

AP: 8:36

12 tough miles. It was nice to run in the light, and the weather was favorable. Did my 10 mile loop, but decided to add on the 2 miles before the loop instead of at the end. I headed up the road on my normal route & my legs were moving, like 30-45 seconds per mile faster than my normal first mile. Weird. I let them go & kept a strong pace for the first couple miles, then I remembered I had 10 more to go and the beginning was no time for a tempo run. I backed off, but the next few were really tough for some reason, even though mostly downhill. I nearly stopped to walk a bit but didn't, hoping my legs would come back. They eventually did. I hit the bottom of the hill and the challenge of getting back up the 400 or so feet got my fire burning and I kept going all the way home. The mileage is beginning! My long runs will now start growing back to big numbers. Looking forward to it.

Paces: 9:04, 8:18, 7:50, 7:56, 7:56, 8:06, 8:57, 9:34, 9:22, 9:19, 8:37, 8:03. AP: 8:35