To the Pain!

The training is continuing to come along nicely. I do not run with a HR monitor, but it would have been interesting to see the effort today. I have been logging between 60-70 miles and feeling great. No pains, no problems, and I feel smooth on most runs. Today was 10 probably a nice shake-out later, but 10 for now. In the 10 was a 7 mile tempo. I ran just that, tempo, nice hard effort without too much exertion. I felt it most in the first 3 miles, but the remaining four were smooth and a nice effort. I ran a bit under 6 min pace (5:50ish), and did the 10 miles in 63 minutes. It was a good day because I am confident that I can hold that pace, at altitude, for a half. That should transfer nicely to sea-level, and I still have a couple of good weeks of work. I am not sure if I will get at it tomorrow or the following day, but I have 16 or 20 400's at 75 with a brisk 200 recover (1:00 or so). It is nice to feel better, not fast yet, but better. It is coming around and this race has been a great motivator. I will find something after this and keep it up. It has been fun to mix up the running again and to start to feel fast again. Other than that, I swam an easy 2 miles yesterday. I did 1500 straight and relaxed in 25:00. So, nothing fast, but good enough just cruising. I really don't have any goals in the pool, and I just get in when I want to get off the legs.

This week looks like it will be around 65-70 miles with a day off. Not too bad, and it feels pretty good. I'm not a zombie at work anymore!

Finch