Starting in on the last Dopey Challenge 2015 dry run weekend!
I got home from work a bit early today so I managed to get this run in before supper. It was a nice change – had lots more energy compared to the runs I don’t manage to start until after the kids are in bed. That helped me push a bit harder tonight! Had loads of energy and could have pushed much harder but I could tell the treadmill was unimpressed so I backed off a bit.
I started at 7 mph for 2 minutes to see how the knee was doing and since it felt fine, every 2 minutes I bumped the speed up 0.2 mph – after 2 minutes at 8.8 mph I backed off. Still a very good run – 5 miles in 38:11 @ 1% incline on the treadmill. That is probably the fastest average speed I have done early November when I was having trouble with my more heavy duty treadmill. With the parts issues for that thing and not wanting to destroy our lighter duty old treadmill, I have been avoiding pushing too hard.
So it definitely felt good to push a bit tonight, and it was nice to see that my body was willing to do even more. So I haven’t lost all the speed I was trying to build previously.
I have 10 miles on the schedule for tomorrow and 20 miles on Sunday to finish out the last of the hard training for Dopey Challenge. It should be interesting – we had a freezing mist here in the city for a good chunk of the day and sidewalks and roads are not a pleasant experience right now.
This means I have to find a way to do these last 2 big runs somewhere away from the roads. I have some trails nearby that I can use but the distances don’t add up very well to what I need. I will figure something out but it might be something like 15 and 21 miles instead. Unless I stop and turn around part way through a trail here or there – doesn’t quite seem right to not finish a trail once you start it though…
Decisions, decisions.
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