07/30/12 - 08/05/12 -
Week Total: 65.4 -
Commuting to/from work has been an amazing thing. I am able to log a bunch of miles without them being a burden. On Tue & Thu I logged about 15, and on Wed I logged 19, including hill sprints on one of the hilliest streets in the area. Steep as the steepest streets in Seattle: 22% slope (and I thought that 7% at Picnic Point was hilly)!!!
I concluded the week with 65.4 and I don't feel a little bit tired, to the point that I ran today the Tacoma Narrows Half Marathon and got a PR - 1:51:42 - 8:32 min/mile.
I wanted to run another Half on Sunday for another back-to-back weekend, I knew I'd do OK but I wanted to run the race more for being close to 80 miles, than for running the race. I felt like I wanted to have a lot of miles and put them in my closet or underneath my bed, like amassing a fortune, but I have a VO2Max test on Monday and they told me to be well rested (!); at least no workouts the day before.
After my daughter's comment "Mom, don't become obsessed now with this high mileage, I know you..." I realize that she was right (daughter knows best... or not). So, for the sake of a mental, physical, driving break (Sunday race 1.5 hour-drive), and for my test, I am skipping this race. Yes, unbelievable, but true. I don't want to become The Scrooge Of Running.
Tacoma Narrows Splits
Mile - Pace - Heart Rate%
1- 8:40 - 80%
2- 8:18 - 84%
3- 8:46 - 84%
4- 9:31 - 86%
5- 9:20- 86%
6- 8:17- 89%
7- 8:14 - 90%
8- 8:23- 91%
9- 8:36 - 92%
10- 8:28 - 91%
11- 8:48 - 92%
12- 8:02 - 93%
13- 7:28 - 95%
13.1 -0:48 - (7:30) - 95%
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| PR and 1st place in the division - 1:51:42 |
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| With good friends Maryanne and Ginger |
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| Great representation from Washington State 55-59 division. With Susie Hall, 3rd place with 2:01:48 and David Sherman, 2nd place with 1:34:38 |
1 comment:
You continue to amaze, inspire and progress Lizzie. And even more so by just taking a tiny little step back and realising what you're doing there - good call on your daughter's part!
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