July 19, 2010
Run: Martin Street Bridge (13.11 mi @ 07:48)
Started the day by going to the chiropractor followed by 60 minutes on the massage table. After being away for a month, I was desperately in need of my services. My hip issue is still lingering. It doesn’t slow me down really but it feels gimpy at times and I worry its on the verge of something worse but its not happening. I spent the whole massage session on my side as she worked on my hip. My new therapist puts me through a workout in there. I feel like it takes effort to get a massage — this is a good thing. I find myself having to breathe through a lot of the pain as she is digging in and finding exactly where it hurts and getting it to release. Starting to feel like I need to go up to 90 minutes per session. That’s new.
Worked until late afternoon and finally got out. The wind was howling and it was lightly sprinkling. Lightening in the distance. No better time to run — it was cooler than usual out! Decided to head on my normal 14.5 loop but was going to shortcut it a bit because the new Martin Street bridge was open now and I wanted to run across it. I have been watching them build this thing for a year or so as I passed by it almost daily in May. So might as well cross it. It was totally anti-climatic but oh well.
The run started out a bit slow until I found my groove then felt like I was picking it up and running some good mid 7s for a majority of the rest of the run. With all these “ultra miles” I don’t feel like I ever get to run fast anymore. Not that mid 7s is that fast but its faster than 8s or 9s. I had a moment today where I couldn’t comprehend how I ran 6:50 average for 26 miles at Boston. Probably mostly a function of not doing a single speed workout since April. I just don’t turnover fast these days on purpose.
Brought the pace down into the 6s for the last 2 miles and pushed it pretty good. Felt that afternoon energy rush. My mind wasn’t that into this run but my body was excited about it. Hopefully, I can wear it down a bit this week before I start thinking about the upcoming taper. Gave myself a little credit for 2 seconds for running decent today after yesterday’s run that probably would have required a week off for recovery years ago.
Our new dishwasher was installed today. The old one blowed up. We can have clean plates again!
Thinking of running to 14,000 feet this weekend — again. Not sure if its the best (most appropriate) training or not. Don’t really feel like slogging out 40-50 or something. Feeling like time at altitude is better investment. Meaning not “run long” but “run Longs”. Not sure.
I went 13.11 miles with an elevation gain of 296 feet in 01:42:26, which is an average pace of 07:48. Heart rate average was 138. View my GPS data on Garmin Connect.
