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Effortless Running

August 5, 2010 by greg Leave a Comment
What a difference a month makes. My training has been improving so much and in the last week or so my body has just exploded with energy. A couple weeks ago I did my first 20 mile run of the year. It went great. I was able to complete the 20 miles and still had some gas in the tank. Last weekend I took time off of running and focussed more on strength and core training. This has done wonders for me this week. My times have improved and my energy levels are through the roof.
This morning I had a great run. The weather was perfect – 65 degrees, low humidity and a nice easy breeze. I planned to do a relatively easy 10 miles at a 9:00 min pace but I just couldn’t slow my body down. I tried but I just settled into an 8:30 min/mile groove that carried me through all ten miles and change. It felt great. I am planning to do another 10 mile run on Saturday and 20 miles on Sunday. If I feel good I’ll go even further. This will be my highest mileage week for the year.

Intervals (GPS Interval)
Type Distance Time Total Time Pace Avg HR Max HR Notes
Interval 1 Mi 8:43.58 8:43.58 8:44 133 145
Interval 1 Mi 8:46.42 17:30.00 8:47 141 146
Interval 1 Mi 8:40.06 26:10.06 8:41 145 151
Interval 1 Mi 8:27.81 34:37.87 8:28 150 154
Interval 1 Mi 8:25.64 43:03.51 8:26 151 157
Interval 1 Mi 8:23.14 51:26.65 8:24 154 160
Interval 1 Mi 8:30.2 59:56.85 8:31 157 160
Interval 1 Mi 8:23.13 1:08:19.98 8:24 158 161
Interval 1 Mi 8:29.36 1:16:49.34 8:30 151 159
Interval 1 Mi 8:29.78 1:25:19.12 8:30 158 162
Interval 0.25 Mi 2:06.23 1:27:25.35 8:25 163 165

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