Thursday, June 16, 2011

Long run Sunday and Tempo Run Wednesday: 6/12 & 6/15/11

I'm slacking on keeping my running journal up to date. 

Sunday was the perfect morning for a long run.  I got up with the sun while it was still comparatively cool, strapped on my hydration pack and headed out for about 7 miles.  I'm really missing my Garmin Forerunner.  According to UPS, my replacement unit should arrive sometime Friday.  Anyway, I figure I run a pretty comfortable 10 minute mile.  I didn't map out a route beforehand.  I just went out and ran some roads I was familiar with.  I did a big loop and when I got close to the house I was pretty close to the 70 minute mark so I figured that was about 7 miles.  I went in and mapped it out and it turned out to be 6.9.  Not too bad.  The temperature was perfect and I only saw a handful of cars the whole time I was out.  I never felt like I was pushing myself to maintain a pace and was only uncomfortable a couple of times on hills.  It was a good run and I'm still enjoying the long runs.  I may have to try to start increasing my mileage soon. 

Wednesday's run was 4 miles at a fairly fast pace.  I did this run in the park and started and ran a course that I know from experience is exactly 4 miles.  I've been using my cell phone to approximate my timing since I don't have my Garmin.  I pushed myself pretty hard to keep the pace up since I didn't have any way to accurately gauge myself. 

Sunday's Stats:  I did 6.9 miles in approximately 69 minutes for a 10:00/mile pace
Wednesday's Stats:  I did 4 miles in approximately 36:30 for a 9:07/mile pace

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