22M am crescendo run
I ran 28 laps of the same 1.2K as yesterday (plus a bit on the way to the park and back). I've never run a long one on such a short loop and thought I'd go crazy with the repetition by the end. I was pretty mind-numbed on the first few (slow) laps, but as I picked up the pace my ability to think dropped and the speed at which time passed seemed to increase. I also started to feel better - more energetic, after feeling tempted to bail out on the run and decide 4 sessions in the 7 days following my cold was a bad idea. I was encouraged to keep going and push hard by thoughts of the Berlin Marathon which was due to start soon after my run.
In the end, I think this was probably one of my better long runs. I didn't use a Garmin; but I was moving pretty well by the end of the first third, pushed harder than sometimes in the middle third and found the hypnotic repetitiveness of the final third helped me judge my pace and effort well. I had to find a park bench to sit on at the end - not a common occurrence - and my legs are still hurting twelve hours later.
Wilson Kipsang delivered his end of the bargain too. I'm getting really keyed up for the Frankfurt Marathon already, I was getting unreasonably excited reading the updates on Wilson and co on the letsrun message boards...
115 miles for the week I think.
Four weeks til Frankfurt.
I ran 28 laps of the same 1.2K as yesterday (plus a bit on the way to the park and back). I've never run a long one on such a short loop and thought I'd go crazy with the repetition by the end. I was pretty mind-numbed on the first few (slow) laps, but as I picked up the pace my ability to think dropped and the speed at which time passed seemed to increase. I also started to feel better - more energetic, after feeling tempted to bail out on the run and decide 4 sessions in the 7 days following my cold was a bad idea. I was encouraged to keep going and push hard by thoughts of the Berlin Marathon which was due to start soon after my run.
In the end, I think this was probably one of my better long runs. I didn't use a Garmin; but I was moving pretty well by the end of the first third, pushed harder than sometimes in the middle third and found the hypnotic repetitiveness of the final third helped me judge my pace and effort well. I had to find a park bench to sit on at the end - not a common occurrence - and my legs are still hurting twelve hours later.
Wilson Kipsang delivered his end of the bargain too. I'm getting really keyed up for the Frankfurt Marathon already, I was getting unreasonably excited reading the updates on Wilson and co on the letsrun message boards...
115 miles for the week I think.
Four weeks til Frankfurt.
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