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July 16, 2006
a little late, a little short
Who says we don't have seasons in Florida? We have plenty of seasons. In late January it is the Season of Citrus Flowers, which smells great for a few weeks. Sometime after that is the Season of Paratroopers (little green caterpillars that hang by threads from trees). Sometimes this coincides with the Season of Oak Pollen. In late March and early April comes the Season of Jasmine, which smells great for a few minutes and then becomes a choking cloying menace for the next few weeks. After the jasmine flowers die, we have the Season of Space Alien Catus Flowers, during which the weird climbing cactus planted in a few yards a block away develop these amazing-looking Invasion of the Body Snatchers pods which bloom at night and which I have never been able to google the name of. Concurrent with that Season is the Season of Getting Used To Breathless Heat, which lasts only a couple of weeks, if we are lucky. And now we have come to the Season of the Tour de France, also known as the Season of Blog-Laziness and sometimes the Season of Bailing on Tempo Runs.
Last week I finished the last of the basebuilding, not with a bang but a whimper. The last run of the week was a 16-miler, and 10 miles in my legs, mind, and the rest of my body said: enough. I weighed the potential benefits of finishing those last 5 against the potential risks, and decided to quit at just under 95 miles, as
Su: 18mi (8:15)
M: AM 11.25mi (9:33), really great, healing massage PM
T: 13.25mi (8:57)
W: AM 11mi incl 2x2mi, .25mi rest (6:43, 6:49), PM 7.12mi (8:15)
R: 11mi (9:54) paying for Wednesday, no doubt
F: 13.25mi (9:27)
Sa: 10mi (9:08), supposed to be 16
total: 94.87 miles
This past week was a blessed cutback and first foray into fast chunks of greater than 2 miles since, well, hmmm, since before the last marathon. It went as follows:
Su: 13mi (8:17)
M: 6mi (8:32)
T: 9mi (9:01)
W: PM 10mi (8:27)
R: AM 8mi incl 10 x strides
F: 11.1mi incl botched tempo run (3mi@ 6:15,45,55; jog 1mi in disgust; 1mi @
6:42)
Sa: 10.9mi (9:15)
total: 68 miles
Friday I'd planned 4mi @ 6:40-6:50, but I screwed it up by not looking at my watch during the first mile. It felt ok, as did the 2nd mile, but the 3rd was definitely lacking in bang for the buck. I decided I was a failure and a fake, and bailed. Within 15 seconds I felt really guilty for bailing, so I jogged a mile, then ran a fast mile, which Didn't Really Count but what the hell. After I got home I saw I'd run the first mile 30 seconds fast, which explained the deathmarch 3rd mile. Yay, I'm not as bad a runner as I thought! Boo, I'm an idiot!
Posted by joe positive at July 16, 2006 4:18 PM
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You forgot the season of the dead rodents (late April-early May).
Posted by: m at July 17, 2006 1:17 PM