Week 6

Monday July 19

AM 6 miles, 42min

PM 10 miles, 67min

Tuesday July 20

12 miles, 1:20min

Wednesday July 21

15 miles, 1:42min, grtc drills

Thursday July 22

AM 6 miles, 41min

PM 12 miles, 1:15min, first 6 in 40, last 6 in 35, last mile in 5:07

Friday July 23

AM 12 miles, 1:19min

PM 6 miles, 40min, pool after

Saturday July 24

AM 11 miles, 1:11min, heartbreak hill, first 5 in 35, last 6 in 36 over hills

PM 6 miles, 43min

Sunday July 25

18 miles, 2:05min

114 miles

Much better week. Great planning including my long run which I started at 6:30am this time, it was till hot, so maybe next week I might start at 5:30am. I could have gone 19 but decided to walk the last 3/4 mile home instead. I have to be very conservative in this build up to I don't screw things up in the process. I had some stronger/faster runs this week, which were a result of having company on runs. This is strictly a base phase so if I do feel good on some runs, I may take off as long as I don't jeopardize the rest of the weeks training. Having no workouts allows me to have as many recovery runs as needed. It will be tough the next weeks as I continue to add to the overall weekly mileage and the long run, but as they say "it ain't supposed to be easy".