Today I did a total of 15 miles. 14 of those were supposed to be ran in 1:40:00. I ran the first 8 miles pretty well, just a little off pace, but not the next 6 miles. It took me a total of 1:48:12 (7:43 min mile or about 7.8 mph) to run the 14 and a total of 1:55:52 to run the 15 (also a 7:43 min mile average). The good news is that is nearly 7 minutes faster then I ran the 15 last week and any time you run 15 in under 2 hours has to be considered a good thing. : )
Not sure what it is about this gym, but I always feel more fatigued when I run on the treadmill there. I actually belong to a different gym and never feel as fatigued there as I do at this one. Purely psychological? Could be, but I can also tell that this gym is not nearly as well ventilated as the other gym I belong to. Probably a combination of factors.
So my total mileage this week was 49 miles. A word of caution for those who may be reading this. Most anywhere you read about increasing your mileage will tell you to never increase it by more than 10% per week in order to avoid injury. I am a strict observer of this rule. Last week I ran a little over 44 miles, so this was just barely over 10%. I have been increasing my mileage by 10% for the last several weeks. One month ago I was "only" running 35 miles a week and knew this training schedule would demand more of me.
Next week is when the actual training starts and my weekly mileage will actually decrease a little for a couple of weeks before it gets back to this level.
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