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I see runners checking their watches constantly and it always amazes me. I've never been that runner. Even in training I only look at my watch when I get the mile notification. It buzzes, I look down at check my mile time, and that's it. Even when training I've never done the kind of work that requires my checking my watch. I should try it sometime and see how it changes what I do.
I used to more, but now I really don’t until near the end.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm Posts: 14534 Location: Space City
From here on, my Saturday long runs will be new distances. Today's was nine miles and it was mentally tough.
It wasn't tough as in "how will I finish this?" Finishing the distance isn't a problem, and I wasn't really that fatigued. I skipped a rest day so I was a little fatigued, but not terribly so.
The run was tough because for the first time in the training block, I realized that I might miss my goal pace. I missed the average pace it by 3 seconds for these nine miles and I was battling to even do that well. On paper I ran it well. Got gradually faster, Starting around 9:41/mi and finishing with 8:46/mi, but it really felt like an effort. I've still got a month to figure it out, so I'm not really sweating it too much, and finishing the race in over 2 hours is still super respectable for a 38 year old novice, but damn this is the first long run that I didn't 100% enjoy. 10 miles next week. Let's see how it goes!
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Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm Posts: 14534 Location: Space City
Factors working against me this morning:
1. No rest day. That's the biggest one for sure. I did 11 miles over three days leading up to this so legs were a little heavy. 2. Cold cold temps. I was layered but still an adjustment in this neck of the woods. 3. 5 hours of sleep last night. I usually try to get at least 7 before a long run. You'd think without a rest day I'd need even more. Not in the cards for my schedule unfortunately. 4. Maybe over-experimenting with fuel? I tried two types of carbs on the run which was likely overkill for nine miles. A powder and a gel.
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dimejinky99 wrote:
I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
From here on, my Saturday long runs will be new distances. Today's was nine miles and it was mentally tough.
It wasn't tough as in "how will I finish this?" Finishing the distance isn't a problem, and I wasn't really that fatigued. I skipped a rest day so I was a little fatigued, but not terribly so.
The run was tough because for the first time in the training block, I realized that I might miss my goal pace. I missed the average pace it by 3 seconds for these nine miles and I was battling to even do that well. On paper I ran it well. Got gradually faster, Starting around 9:41/mi and finishing with 8:46/mi, but it really felt like an effort. I've still got a month to figure it out, so I'm not really sweating it too much, and finishing the race in over 2 hours is still super respectable for a 38 year old novice, but damn this is the first long run that I didn't 100% enjoy. 10 miles next week. Let's see how it goes!
Don't focus so much on pace and just run, you fool.
Joined: Fri March 22, 2013 7:20 pm Posts: 8583 Location: 41.1716° S, 174.8248° E
Got in just over 5km this evening. Took the dog with me, so my time was awful. She's good to run with for 2 - 3km and after that I'm pretty much dragging her
Just over 60km this month, so I'm happy with that
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Joined: Thu April 04, 2013 6:27 am Posts: 17756 Location: Port Perry Lodge on voluptuous Lake Perry
3.3 miles yesterday afternoon. I really pushed myself hard to make it in about 40 minutes. I kept peaking (around 167-172), so had to keep slowing down, walking some. Well, it is only my second run in two weeks after about a month and a half off, before which I hadn't been running a lot anyway...
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