Change of Pace

7/31	9 miles	8:15 pace
8/1	9 miles	8:43 gasp, pant, grossness
8/2 #1	9 miles	8:30 pace
#2	5 miles	8:00 pace hot, but fast
8/3	10 miles	8:44 pace A bit cooler
8/4	19 miles	8:40 pace
8/5	11.5 miles	8:16 pace
8/6	8 miles	8:30 pace

This is one week I'm not terribly sad to say goodbye to. The only real concession I made to the heat was on Wednesday, when I sacrificed my track workout to the gods of pragmatism and in its stead, tossed myself into the urban oven for a five mile tempo. It was bad, but compared to the average length of my runs lately, it felt mercifully short. I do give a lot of credit to those mile repeats for the improvement in my speed, but with 3 races coming up in the next three weeks, I won't be hurting for hard workouts.

I did not end up racing the Achilles 5 miler yesterday, choosing instead to sleep in until 10. If I can call that a choice...it was more like, my body selected to remain in a catatonic stupor until 10. It was just as well though, since the top four women all ran the distance under six-minute pace. A bit out of my league for now, but just you wait, grasshopper....