I was very excited for today's workout. It was my second tempo run and again it was six miles, which would really end up as 8.24 miles with my warm-up and cool-down. However, two upsetting things happened -- first, before I ran (at 5:45 this morning) I updated my email and received an email regarding something I thought I fixed last week. The second, at .28 miles into the run, my watch decided that it wouldn't track my mileage anymore. I was lucky that I was doing the same run as last week's tempo run so I had an idea of how far I had to go before I turned around. I really wasn't upset about my watch not working, it was more that I wanted to have my watch do the pacing without me having to do mental math throughout my run. At the end of the run though, I felt really strong; stronger than I have in a while and thought I had done listened to my body well and pushed it in the proper spots.
After using MapMyRun to figure out my total distance and then my tempo speed, my high burst. I had run my six tempo miles in 53:58 or 9:26 per mile (which is consistent with my two 10k paces, but not the marathon pace I need for a BQ). I thought I ran faster and stronger. I went out earlier to beat the heat and to make sure that I was mentally all in, but my watch didn't have the results I wanted. Again, this is part of the mental game that comes with running and as I told a friend today who has been sidelined for two weeks with a foot injury, we need to get you to the start line, not the sideline. This is going to be the hardest training cycle I have gone through and with that fact, I have accepted that I am going to be permanently sore in some capacity until Oct. 10. With my off day, I started my cross-training. Yesterday was leg day and I was going to do arms today, but #life got in the way. Tomorrow is an easy seven miles, I'm intrigued to see if I can do a 5:45 a.m. run two mornings in a row.
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