Saturday, January 31, 2009

Tapering Long Run for 15 Miles

OBJECTIVE
15 mi. Easy
6x100 meter strides @ 5K pace (~24.26 sec. OR 6:31/mi. pace)

ACHIEVED
15.19 mi.@ 8:21/mi.
112 m. – 24.82 (5:56/mi.)
112 m. – 25.87 (6:11/mi.)
112 m. – 24:12 (5:46/mi.)
112 m. - 24.05 (5:45/mi.)
112 m. - 25.53 (6:06/mi.)
112 m. - 23.14 (5:32/mi.)

6:09 AM 40° 76% 5 mph

Randy, William, Stacey, Biff and I made it out for this one. I actually started an hour early and got 6 miles before the others started. I knew they would be going a shorter distance since they're still recovering from the marathon.

The morning started out brisk but turned quite nice for a run. I was happy to get this one in and also happy that I spent almost the entire run within my "easy" pace range of 8:08 - 8:38 per mile.

I must admit that I wasn't really "in" to this run for some reason so it was a good thing I had others around to keep my mind occupied with conversation.

The strides at the end of the run felt fine and I, once again, focused on being careful not to "blow them out" at a much-too-fast pace.


PRE RUN
weight = 160#
FRS powder & 2 FRS chews

POST RUN
2 SlimFast, water, multivitamin & zinc
Later, skim milk & Dutch pancakes w/maple syrup

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