What a Great Day and Great Week

Today is the best running day we’ve had in this area for weeks. It is also literally the first day without any rain for weeks. Of course by tomorrow the rain is expected to return and keep us wet for another week or so. I can’t wait until it ends, and we get a chance to dry out.

Even with a lot of rain, my training has been really good this week. Beginning with Sunday, I’ve run 15 miles, 7.5 miles, 10 miles, 10 miles, and 6 miles. I will run another 6-7 miles this evening to give me a double for today and put me at over 50 miles with two days remaining in the week. I don’t know why, but I’ve had a lot of energy and have been running really well. For example, after running 10 miles at 7:40 pace on Tuesday, I planned an easy 8 miles on Wednesday. However, a couple of miles into Wednesday’s run, I was feeling great, so I decided to run 10 miles at whatever pace my body took me. I ended up averaging 7:36 pace. During this morning’s six miles, I was relatively stiff and running slow for a mile or so, but by the second mile, I was loose and had trouble keeping the pace under 8:00. I decided to run at an easy effort and not worry about the pace. I ended up averaging 7:52 pace. Let’s hope the good times continue.