Marathon Plan - Regressive Countdown - Week Seven
10/13/08 - 10/19/08
Week Total: 25.9
Six o'clock in the morning, 59F/15C, twilight, sea smell, running by the beach. Two miles later an amazing orange ball of fire is rising up. I am Running East.
I arrived to Long Beach, CA on Thu morning, and as any Thu, my tempo run is scheduled after my work day. But is Southern Cal, mid-October, and 79F/26C. It is hot. Thought of my blogger friends Petra, Maddy, Melisa and Charlie who just ran Chicago at mid-80s. Thought of my life in the tropics where is humid and the average high temperature of the city I was born and raised (and ran) ranges from 77F/25C to 81F/27C. Thought of how well we adapt to climatic conditions. Thought of how adapted I am to Seattle's weather, and how 65F/18C is just the max high I can stand without feeling uncomfortable.
After all those thoughts, I know I will not run at this temperature, let alone a tempo run. Run is postponed for Friday morning. But on Saturday I have a 15-miler. Back to back tempo - long run just doesn't work for me.
Oh well, I traded my tempo for an easy one on Friday. Four miles. And then the words at the beginning of this blog: Six o'clock in the morning, 59F/15C, twilight, sea smell, running by the beach. Two miles later an amazing orange big ball of fire is rising up. I am Running East. Then I turned back for the rest of the run, two more miles. I am Running West, and there, high in the sky, it was the moon. And I felt blessed.
Next day, Saturday, same time, same temperature, same twilight, same sea smell, same beach, but almost four times further. Fifteen miles and Pestrategie plan. Similar results: 11:37 min/mile. Same blessings.
2 comments:
Good that you adjusted your training so you could get in both runs. If you ever have no choice but to do a tempo run in the heat, you can go by HR instead of pace or turn it into a tempo interval run instead (say, run 1 mile at tempo pace with a break in between before doing another one, etc). Keep up the good work!
You are still doing so great - well done! Thanks for my facebook gift - much appreciated. And I'm so glad those walkbreaks are working for you. Keep it up!
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