Week 10 of training

This has been my best week of training. I knew it would be a challenge to get my long run in on the weekend as we had family coming in for a visit. I planned on going out very early on Saturday morning. Set my alarm for 4:30 am, but we ended up getting thunderstorms basically all night. They finished around 8 in the morning. I considered the run lost until the family that was planning on staying the night decided to leave Saturday night. I was out the door by 5:45 am on a beautiful Sunday morning and had my best long run to date, maybe even my best overall run. It was 63 out and not humid at all, what great weather!

M - 3 easy miles
T - 7 miles @ 9:25 pace
W - 4 miles
R - 8 easy miles @ 9:45 pace
F - Rest
S - Rest
S - 18.5 miles @ 9:38 pace

The thing about the long run is I know I'm supposed to slow down. I was very pleased with that long run at a 9:38 pace because I was very consistent over my run. Only 1 mile that was almost all uphill came close to 10:00, the rest were right around that average pace. The last two miles were 9:52 and 9:53, and the last half mile was at a 9:37 pace. I felt great when I was done, and quite honestly this was the first run I thought I could have extended out way past what I was doing. If I wasn't already pressed for time, I may have just turned it into a 20 mile training run, but I have a couple of those coming anyways.

And... it is race week. Time to rest and get ready for the Crim in Flint this week.