Ran 8.25 miles in 57:33 minutes. Got to the 8 mile mark in 55:52. The goal today was to run just like I did on Monday, 7 miles in 50 minutes. I was able to hit the 7 mile mark in 47:50, though not able to truly complete the assignment. I was supposed to run at 8.9 mph (6:44 min mile pace) for that 50 minutes. Though 7 miles in 50 minutes is actually a 7:08 minute mile pace, to train for a sub 1:30 half-marathon I need to run at the 8.9 mph.
As luck would have it, what I wrote yesterday about running a little longer even though your body is telling you to give up is what exactly happened to me today. The past two days of hard running has fatigued my body. Remember I said to never run two days in a row hard, and usually you should not do more than one day of hard training? Well, I can do two days of hard training a week due to my conditioning, but not back to back. Today my body wanted to give up after the first 20 minutes at 8.9 mph. Physically and psychologically it was quite the struggle. But I kept remembering my own advice and kept thinking that my body was building important stamina. So I took 5 minutes at a time and was able to get to 40 mins. I backed it down to 7.5 mph (8.0 min mile) for 2 1/2 minutes, then increased it to 8.1 mph (7:24 min mile) for another 2 1/2 minutes, then 8.5 mph (7:03 min mile) and then ran the last four minutes at 8.9 mph. So I ran for a total of 51:33 minutes, slightly more than the 50 I was supposed to do. However, I was able to run at 8.9 mph for 44 of the 51:33 minutes, so that was good. And that I was able to finish strong is also really good.
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