Rich's Running Blog

The Run of My Life!  What a Great day to PR and reach the dream of the 2:40's

At one point I thought I might actually reach 2:45 which is something I really want but I walk away from this one really believing it can happen.

 Here are my mile breakdowns

1 - 6:02.14

2- 6:17.69

3- 6:01.24

4- 5:56.13

5- 6:00.64

6- 5:56.27

7- 5:52.07

8- 6:53.90  --- Some doubts crept in with the hill difficulty

9- 6:54.93

10- 6:48

11- 7:02

12- 6:48

13- 6:23 -- Starting to get my 2nd wind

14 - 6:30

15- 6:08.21

16- 6:04.26

17- 6:27.29

18- 6:28.09

19- 6:54.04

20- 6:25.16

21- 6:10.27

22- 6:44.39

23- 6:41.27

24- 6:35.20  -- Saw my watch read 2:34 after 24 and I knew 2:45 was not

reachable but that I could still break 2:50, so I tried to hang strong.

25- 6:50.39

26- 6:59.46

.25 - 1:34.59  I sprinted to the finish and was so excited about being done. 

Felt better than many marathons, although I was still kinda sick for a while.

Very Grateful for my experience and finish on the year and for being able to stay

healthy all the way.  I don't know when my next marathon is and it's amazing that it

is kinda dissapointing to not know.  It was fun seeing all you bloggers there, it is great

to have a group of friends cheering an rooting for eachother.

Feels good to push the lactic acid out and prepare to get back to running again.

Worshipped the porcelain throne all night, no run today

Wow, I was slow and felt weak today. Not a very restful day yesterday and didn't sleep great.  It really caught up with me today.

Today was my birthday and I thought I would go long.  I didn't feel great and strong but I reached the goal mileage in decent time.

Recovery day from yesterday.

Still keeping the mileage and feeling pretty good.

I woke up this morning and I didn't feel great, I wondered if I should even run, but I had set a goal for this week and so I just went out the door to see how I might feel today and play it by ear.  I actually had a pretty decent run and I fueled up with an energy bar before I left and in between and I felt better.  I wasn't fast at all but I reached the goal mileage.  At 41 years old I can still put up some good miles.  Happy for my Sunday day of rest tomorrow. 

Yesterday I wasn't real fast but today I was downright slow.  The wind was awful.  The temperature was 42 but seemed worse than Mondays 27.

NO Miles, OUCH!!  My wife was up with a toothache and I took it off.

Felt much better today, the rest day helped yesterday I felt positive and pretty good about my mile times.