Tuesday: 7 miles including 5 miles @ 8:44 pace; Finally a tempo run I can be happy about.
Wednesday: 6 miles @ 10:12 pace; After waking up early to run 10 and 11 miles before work the last two weeks, this felt like sleeping in.
Friday: 8 miles; 1 mile easy, 2 miles MP (9:21 pace), 2 miles easy, 2 miles MP (9:25 pace), 1 mile easy; Had lots of fun on this run. Short and sweet with some pace-work to keep my mind occupied. I'm amazed at how comfortable a 9:20 pace feels. A year ago this was my tempo pace.
Next week is marathon week! Hardly any running going on at all (a couple of 3 milers and 6 milers). I know some people hate the taper, but I love it!
Thanks for all the comments on my Tourist Guide post. I'm glad I am not the only one who has a hard time with direction giving. I think BunnyGirl hit it on the head: When you're familiar with an area you don't see it the same way other people do. I think as I run off and really process my directions I start to realize this and second guess what I told them. I think I feel badly in Golden Gate Park because some areas are pretty devoid of pedestrians so I sometimes feel like they may walk for a long while before finding someone else to clarify.
About a week ago that pesky nail finally came off!! Thank, goodness. It was starting to flap around quite a bit (but would hurt when pulled on so I didn't want to yank it if it was going to bleed). I had to tape it down every night when I went to sleep so that I wouldn't snag it on the sheets. I caught a bunch of people off guard last time so here's fair warning... Nasty toenail photo to follow...
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6 comments:
i'm so jealous of all your tempo and marathon pace running. i haven't been able to hit any of my paces lately and i'm super discouraged about it. good work on that tempo run! way to kill the sub-9 mileage. that's downright hotness!
You are a kick-ass runner who has made leaps and bounds in her fitness level! Congratulations, and thanks for being such an inspiration.
Un-thanks for the toenail photo. EwwWWwwWWw!
You'll go LOTS faster with that damned thing gone!
ahhhh that toenail looks like it hurt! i lost mine last week too!!! eeek!!!!
great job with all the running.. you rocking it chica!
let's see if mario will chew on the nail!!!! if he does, take a picture of it for monday mario!
Eeeeewww!!
The other day a French guy on a bike asked me through my open window (I was in my car) where a certain street was. I knew it was nearby, but I wasn't sure if we had passed it already, or if it was still up ahead. So I told the poor guy: just keep going! It's up ahead!
I immediately thought of your post and guess what...the street wasn't up ahead. Oh well. He was a weirdo anyways, wearing a sequin dress and all.
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