running

Feel pretty good about this one. It's done, that's the best part. I can afford to eat a lot today :) Ran around 10 min/mile for first 15. That felt pretty easy. Last 5 I ran 9 min miles. Mostly it felt pretty good. Tired when I dropped the pace but very doable. Still have significant doubts about 26 miles. But on race day unlike today I won't have run 17 miles in the last two days and won't have run 7 yesterday under 8:32/mile.

Just a run to loosen up and check and see how things feel after yesterday. Things felt pretty good. Left hamstring a little slow to loosen up but felt fine when it did.

Talked to a serious runner who thinks I am in a very good position training wise for a marathon three months from now. That was nice to hear. I am training as hard as I can while respecting an older body. Planning on adding some faster stuff tomorrow.

Three mile warm up. Two would have been ok. Then 4 interval miles. Wasn't sure what to expect because other than racing I haven't done any faster work for a while. Was shooting for 8 min miles. 8:20, 8:05, 8:25, 7:59. Jogging quarter between. Interesting. I must have fallen asleep in the third one. It felt pretty easy to hit those times I wasn't really breathing hard, but was glad to stop when I finished. One mile cool down.

2 mile warmup. Then 5 @ 8:10 average. Was shooting for 8:20 but it was too dark to consistently see my watch to stay on track for the first 3. Kept trying to go a little faster so I could be sure to come under time. Feels good to finish the planned workout. Feels good to be running well without any worry some niggles. Still don't feel confident about meeting my time goals for either the half or full marathon. And maybe I won't but I am still incredibly grateful that at 50 I am still able to be out there running.

Just wasn't feeling it today. It was colder than I am used to (52). Legs loosened up ok but then got tight about 6 miles in. Headed home and called it a day. I was aiming for 10 today but just didn't feel like it. if have run pretty hard all week so it's ok.

Nothing fancy. Would have run more but couldn't get up any earlier. Last two under 9 min per mile.