Training done (7/6): 8 miles total. Ran 15 minutes in the morning and cut it short. Speedwork at Hixson after dark. 1.5 mile WO, 6×800 Jasso-style with 400m jog recovery. 3:26/3:23/3:27/3:26/3:27/3:09. 0.75 mile WD. First track night of the summer. Sun was gone, but by the middle of it it still felt like I was swimming through water. Good workout, though.
Training done (7/7): 3.01 miles around Glendale in 23:39 (7:51/per mile). Felt good pushing it a little bit. Ran through an actual light rain this time, along with the customary gallons of sweat.
Training done (7/8): 8 miles at Grant’s Trail, 1:13.04 total time for 9:08 per mile. Ran with Steve and John, although much of it was on my own. Felt like I was going faster than I was. Maybe there’s something about out and back trails (and beginning at 5:30 am — apparently such a time exists!) that slows me down. Ah well. Served as my step-back long run for the week (since I was going to be out of town Sat/Sun and not in a long-run friendly environment).
Training done (7/9): 3.71 miles in 30:00, for an average pace of 8:05/mile. This was on a treadmill at the Norman, OK La Quinta Inn, only my second treadmill run of the training. Started out very slow (about 9:30 for the first mile) and eventually cranked it up. Was moving pretty good by the end of it and felt great.
Training done (7/10): Same 30 minute treadmill run as the day before, this time covering a leisurely 3.02 miles. I counted it a victory to be in Norman, Oklahoma, where the temperature was about 106 degrees each day, and have done two 30-minute runs.
