Saturday was spent binge drinking downtown for the Barstool Open. So no binge training took place yesterday. I had to make up for it today.
The weeks end workout is a 15 miler at 10% slower than marathon pace. I was minus a training partner and feeling some effects from yesterday so expectations were low. I didn’t leave the house until 15:00.
Missing yesterday’s great opportunity left me with a temperature of around 37. Still pretty good for February and the wind was “calm”. I followed my usual 15 mile loop counter-clockwise. I didn’t feel good from the start but somehow my mind forced my body to continue at a painful pace. The stoplights were mostly in my favor. I think I had to actually stop for only 3. I rewarded myself with 1, 60 second walk. I continue to panic on runs like this whenever I have to stop. I know I will have to run that much faster when I start again to bring my average back down.
I glanced at my Garmin probably 10 times between miles 14 and 15. 15.00 miles finally arrived and I came to screeching stop. I stopped the clock at 1:58 with an average of 07:53/mile. My pace was surprisingly fast for the way I felt. According to my plan, 10% slower than marathon pace is around 08:10/mile so I was happy with today’s result. However, now when I’m writing this I can barely move. This weekend has been rough.
Weekly Total: 26 miles
