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February 4, 2007
weekend update
thursday: off
friday: 3:30 pm , 57 degrees (~10 miles) ran from larkspur up on the road to crown road to hoo koo e koo extension, down single track, back up to rollercoast trail, to crown road (ran 4 x 45 second bursts on crown road) , ran down to corte madera bike path (ran 4 more 45 second bursts). felt very good.
saturday: off (hiked ~ 4.5 miles)
sunday: 8 am, 58-64 degrees (~16+ miles) ran 1/2 marathon. 1.24.32 (pr). goal was to run negative splits the entire time. first 5 miles felt very easy/ relaxed (7.12, 6:32, 6:36, 6:34, 6:22). next 2+ miles were downhill, they felt great (6:12, 6:12), last 6 miles were kind of out and back along the ocean, with the last 1.2 miles being uphill (6:16, 6:24, 6:16, 6:15, 6:21, 7:14 final 1.2). overall felt very very good. around 8 miles was a bit worried, b/c i was running faster than i expected to, so I intentionally backed off for a mile or so mainly b/c i didn't want to hit the wall and drag myself in. last 2 miles i did feel a bit drained; energy wise. maybe a gel or much more water or aid would have helped. only had a little bit of water during the run. no regrets though. good run .
End of Week Summary:
Sunday: 20 miles
Monday: off
Tuesday: 7.5 miles (6 x 800)
Wednesday: 7.5 miles
Thursday: off
Friday: 10 miles (8 x 45 second bursts)
Saturday: off (hiking)
Total: 45 miles
Posted by liz at February 4, 2007 12:18 PM
Comments
Great job on a half-marathon PR! That's awesome and it gives me hope that I can faster after I have the baby because right now I feel like a blob!
Posted by: Caitlin at February 4, 2007 2:52 PM
Congratulations on the half marathon PR--and it sounds like you have more in you!
Posted by: Alison at February 4, 2007 5:11 PM
Awesome week of training!
I am so happy about your marathon pr!
Congratulations!!
Posted by: Mary at February 4, 2007 7:51 PM