This Week in Running 4/30/17

Total Miles: 34
Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 8 (including D5K - 22:28)
Thursday: 5
Saturday:4 
Sunday: 12 including Tapleyville 7 Miler (52:35- PR for this course)

1.  7:34
2.  7:50
3.  7:55
4.  7:43
5.  7:31
6.  7:02
7.  7:09

This Week in Running 4/23/17

Total Miles: 48
Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 8 (including D5K - 22:14)
Thursday: 5
Saturday:10 (9:52,8:55,8:54,8:51,8:45,8:35,8:24,8:22,8:33,8:39)
Sunday: 20 9:38 pace
1.   9:45
2.   9:10
3.   9:16
4.   9:20
5.   9:30
6.   9:23
7.   9:21
8.   9:52
9.   9:45
10. 9:35
11. 9:38
12. 9:56
13. 9:47
14. 9:41
15. 9:36
16. 9:44
17. 9:57
18. 9:41
19. 9:44
20. 9:53

This Week in Running 4/16/17

Total Miles: 50

Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 10 (including D5K - 22:46)
Thursday: 5
Saturday:10 (10:21,9:39,9:32,9:17,9:21,9:06,9:00,8:38,8:46,8:49)
Sunday: 20
1.   10:11
2.     9:23
3.     9:21
4.     9:42
5.     9:43
6.     9:26
7.     9:22
8.     9:15
9.     9:26
10.   9:16
11.   9:19
12.   9:25
13.   9:46
14.   9:17
15.   9:14
16.   9:23
17.   9:33
18.   9:32
19.   9:44
20.   9:45

I've been running a new loop in Danvers that goes up Pine and Summer streets to add in hills:

This Week in Running 4/9/17

Total Miles: 44

Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 8 (including D5K - 22:23)
Thursday: 5
Saturday:8
Sunday: 18 9:38 pace
1.   10:31
2.     9:44
3.     9:41
4.     9:38
5.     9:37
6.     9:33
7.     9:25
8.     9:44
9.     9:40
10.   9:32
11.   9:44
12.   9:38
13.   9:55
14.   9:45
15.   9:30
16.   9:12
17.   9:12
18.   9:22

Fool's Dual Half Marathon

Ellen and I ran the Yukan Run Fool's Dual Half Marathon in Gloucester today. This was a free entry we earned from volunteering at the half marathon last December.

It was a cold day (high 30s at race start) and the course is not an easy one - up and down hills the entire way - although it is not as bad as Yukan's Triple Threat course. Here is the Elevation Profile:

Fool's Dual Elevation Profile

I wasn't running hills training for the Myrtle Beach Marathon, and it wasn't until last week that I was fully recovered from the marathon, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Things weren't looking so good the first few miles as up through mile 5 I could really feel the hills and I was well off my typical half marathon pace. Finally in mile 6 I began to feel comfortable and felt stronger as the race went on. I managed to negative split the race and run my fastest mile at 13:

1.   7.56
2.   8:03
3.   8:10
4.   8:10
5.   8:27
6.   8:08
7.   8:19
8.   7:44
9.   8:05
10. 7:59
11. 7:59
12. 7:53
13. 7:38
13.1 1:48

Interestingly, the 1:46:18 I ran today is only about 3 minutes faster than I ran the first half at Myrtle Beach - but that was flat and better weather. Ellen hasn't been able to train a lot lately and ran 2 hours plus.

 

This Week in Running 4/2/17

Total Miles: 32

Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 8 (including D5K - 23:22)
Thursday: 5
Sunday: 14