New plan:
· This week – lower the volume, maybe 11-12 miles. Did three today, plus my three on Monday. Not sure if I will run again before Saturday (we’ll play that by ear) and then Saturday’s run will be five miles – more only if I’m really feeling good.
· Next week – 18-20 miles, with the ten-miler long run over Labor Day weekend.
· Week following – start taper – maybe 15 miles-ish, long run at 7-8 miles
· Week after that – RACE WEEK!!! So a couple three-milers earlier in the week, then get ready to go!
(Wow. It’s really
that soon. I need to get my energy back
so I can get excited!)
Today was slated to be a five-miler, but after a nutty day
of back-to-back-to-back meetings and the aforementioned sneezy-scratchiness, it
took every ounce of energy to go change into running clothes. I stopped at the lake on the way home and
eked out two laps (and again, it took everything I had to start that second
lap). So, 3.00 miles, 30:21. Nothing overly special. (and yes, I cannot believe that I’m referring
to 10:07 miles as “nothing overly special”.
Wow, my running expectations have changed in the last year!)
And in other fun news – new
shoes!
My pretty
purple Asics Gel-Landreth 7 arrived
today! Bummer that I found them as I got
home from my run (on the neighbor’s porch, no less – really, UPS?) but I’m
sooooo excited about the shoes. (Don’t
worry, I know better than to think I’m going to wear them for this race.) Back in about 2006 I began beating a pair of
Gel-Landreths into the ground – I still have them, with Speed Laces, and they’ve
got about a gazillion miles on them (they are now my gardening shoes, recently
retired from being my under-the-desk walk-around-the-block shoes at work). My absolute favorite ever pair of running
shoes, and the new version feels lovely and cushy-soft on my feet. I’m packing them in my run bag for the rest
of this week! (along with a broken-in pair, just in case.)
So, that’s my (running) life right now. How’s yours?
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