Week in Review

Mon: 12 Miles
TuesAM: 10 Miles w/ 10 Strides
TuesPM: 6 Miles Easy
Wed: 11 Miles w 8 @ 5:41
Thurs: 14 Miles
FriAM: 10 w/ 10 Strides
FriPM: 6 Miles Easy
Sat: 13 Miles with 5K @ 16:25
Sun: 20 Miles @ 6:31

Total: 102 Miles

Did a 5K on Saturday that was probably a tad long due to a misplaced turn-around cone at mile 2. Splits were 5:05, 5:40 (long?), 5:10 for a finishing time of 16:25. With the high mileage lately and lack of real speedwork, I wasn't expecting much out of this race, so I was actually pleasantly surprised with what I had. I was probably a bit obsessive about getting in some supplemental mileage before and after the race, but hey, sometimes obsessive is good. Sunday's 20 miler was probably the easiest time I've had with a 20 miler in years. It just felt great from the first step. Too bad they can't all be like that.

I'm pretty happy with how this week turned out. With only 9 runs for the week I was able to log 90 miles in singles and then an addition 12 miles with 2 doubles of 6 miles each. I still feel like this is the way to go (loading up on the one primary run and the supplementing that with a couple of easy 2nd runs), but from a time perspective it isn't always possible. This week the cards fell right.