Chad's Runs

I didn't sleep well last night so I skipped this morning's run.  I did get in a run with Josh.  We ran 8, 4 min repeats.  The pace I ran each was 7:11, 6:50, 7:38, 7:49, 7:12, 7:21, 7:33.  That last one I forgot to reset so it is 8 minutes.  I haven't done any of these, opting instead to just run more miles.  This was Josh's idea and I enjoyed.  It gave the lungs a workout instead of just the legs.  Now I need to get up early tomorrow and run.  I don't do well on these night morning turnarounds, especially with only 6 hours of sleep in between so I'm just going to run an easy six tomorrow.

I put in 6 miles, starting off at a nice and slow 10 minutes or so.  I found that I felt pretty good so I picked it up and ended with a 9:24 pace.  I'm going to try for 10 more tomorrow.  I want to get 50 miles this week.  I've got a slow start so I'll need to run every day this week.

Ran through a fantastic thunderstorm this morning.  To the south and west were the biggest thunder bolts.  Then they started coming from the east.  It started raining as I was coming to the end of mile three so I turned around there not wanting to be caught far from home when a big storm hit.  There were some big bolts above me in the clouds but none ever did hit anywhere closer than 5 miles or so.  And by the end of mile 5 the rain had stopped.  So once I got back to the start I went out again to finish my 10 miles.  

Avg pace 8:56.  

I have some tightness/discomfort/pain on the inside of my left shin.  It doesn't bother me during a run, but I feel it during the day.  I hope it doesn't get any worse.

 30 more miles to go this week.  I'm going to run 5 tomorrow, 20 on Friday, and 5 on Saturday.  That will finish of my 50 mile week. 

I ran a nice slow 5 miles this morning.  I just wanted to do enough to get the blood pumping, but not anything that would hurt my 20 miles tomorrow.  I got more rain this morning.  It started to come down pretty hard toward the end of my run and I picked up the pace to avoid a possible hail storm.  We had a couple of those yesterday, one with big marble sized stones.

So, 20 tomorrow and 5 recovery miles on Saturday and I've reached 50 for the first time. 

It is now Tuesday and I'm finally writing this entry.  I had planned on running 20 miles but quit after 13.  I don't know what happened.  I had plenty of sleep.  I ate well.  I kept hydrated and took a couple of gels.  I just ran out of gas.  I guess I haven't put in this entry until now because I'm a little embarrassed.  Dead after 13 miles?  I still don't get it.