Runs
03/28/09
4.58 miles
Total Time: 41'32"
Pace: 9'04"/mile
03/30/09
4.31 miles
Total Time: 38'24"
Pace: 8'54"/mile
04/04/09
6.27 miles
Total Time: 1 hour, 6 min, 3 sec
Pace: 10'31"/mile
04/05/09
2.06 miles
Total Time: 17'09"
Pace: 8'18"/mile
04/09/09
2 runs at the gym, split in half on this day. I don't have the time to do the math to average out the times, so I'll just list them separately.
2.5 miles
Total Time: 21'52"
Pace: 8'43"/mile
2.58 miles
Total Time: 23'35"
Pace: 9'07"/mile
Total mileage: 5.08 miles
04/10/09
8.13 miles
Total Time: 1 hour, 27 min, 52 sec
Pace: 10'48"/mile
Notes:
1. My pace is around 8-9 minutes a mile on the treadmill, 9-10 minutes a mile on the hilly roads, and 10-11 minutes a mile on the Rivanna.
2. I need to stop running on the treadmill because I think it's a relatively poor mental conditioner. Nothing to "tough out." After several days at the gym, I get tired more easily elsewhere, even though I've been running longer and faster overall. So, largely a mental thing. I just like seeing the meter at under 9 minutes a mile I guess.
3. Really glad I didn't sign up for the full M.
4. For the last several months I've hit a wall at around 4 miles, because that is the length and back of my favorite trail, and usually that is exactly when I really need to refuel/hydrate, and for that I end up just going home. It has not stopped all progress, because this trail has 5 or 6 major, long, windy, steep, ass-kicking hills and that left a lot of room for improvement. But I guess I definitely edged into more of a plateau when I latched on to that path. Yesterday I doubled back on the same trail, and other than being a bit bored (1 and a 1/2 hours of running - I ran out of things to think about) it was great.
4.58 miles
Total Time: 41'32"
Pace: 9'04"/mile
03/30/09
4.31 miles
Total Time: 38'24"
Pace: 8'54"/mile
04/04/09
6.27 miles
Total Time: 1 hour, 6 min, 3 sec
Pace: 10'31"/mile
04/05/09
2.06 miles
Total Time: 17'09"
Pace: 8'18"/mile
04/09/09
2 runs at the gym, split in half on this day. I don't have the time to do the math to average out the times, so I'll just list them separately.
2.5 miles
Total Time: 21'52"
Pace: 8'43"/mile
2.58 miles
Total Time: 23'35"
Pace: 9'07"/mile
Total mileage: 5.08 miles
04/10/09
8.13 miles
Total Time: 1 hour, 27 min, 52 sec
Pace: 10'48"/mile
Notes:
1. My pace is around 8-9 minutes a mile on the treadmill, 9-10 minutes a mile on the hilly roads, and 10-11 minutes a mile on the Rivanna.
2. I need to stop running on the treadmill because I think it's a relatively poor mental conditioner. Nothing to "tough out." After several days at the gym, I get tired more easily elsewhere, even though I've been running longer and faster overall. So, largely a mental thing. I just like seeing the meter at under 9 minutes a mile I guess.
3. Really glad I didn't sign up for the full M.
4. For the last several months I've hit a wall at around 4 miles, because that is the length and back of my favorite trail, and usually that is exactly when I really need to refuel/hydrate, and for that I end up just going home. It has not stopped all progress, because this trail has 5 or 6 major, long, windy, steep, ass-kicking hills and that left a lot of room for improvement. But I guess I definitely edged into more of a plateau when I latched on to that path. Yesterday I doubled back on the same trail, and other than being a bit bored (1 and a 1/2 hours of running - I ran out of things to think about) it was great.