Fridays have become my favorite running days. I love going out mid afternoon, rested, calm, feeling almost lazy, feeling myself adjust to a higher level of exertion, then really pushing my speed for as long as I can. Yesterday, we ran a little over 7 miles, with 4 miles around a 9:30 pace and another mile around a 10:00 pace. I actually beat my 10k race time by almost a minute. The weather was perfect - warm and still. The best part is that I didn't feel at all exhausted, as I have after other hard runs, and I'm not nearly as sore today either. It's good to begin adjusting to the longer runs, both mentally and physically, and to look forward to a routine of 10+ mile runs. I'll be up around 20 mile weeks now, a good base from which to start real marathon training, and perhaps changing my running schedule as I adopt a new training plan. Tomorrow, my first 9 mile run and then, if I decide to follow the plan, a mini-taper before the 12k two weeks from now.
Also, my running books came today. I am settling down to browse through them both.
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2 comments:
Congratulations on beating your 10K time on a training run. I ran my fastest 10K on a track by myself one week after going under 45 minutes for the first time in a race. Sounds like you had a similar experience. You're getting in really good shape and are certainly ready to start a serious effort to train for your first marathon.
Now that you've got the Pfitinger book, sit down and read through chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7. These chapters contain some of the best training advice I've read anywhere. I haven’t read Daniels’ book yet, but from the excerpts I’ve seen, I don’t think they contradict each other.
Best of luck putting together a training plan.
Perhaps through beating your 10k time in training you can learn that either you've improved considerably recently , or you perform better when mentally calm--your Friday afternoon runs vs race day runs.
Books about your hobby are always just about the most fun you can have outside your hobby. As Mark Twain once said (I believe it was MT), "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
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