Monday Mileage Report

I had a lot of emotional stress in my non-running life this week.  I don't want to get into details on the blog, so let's just say I've been listening to Coldplay's "Fix You"  repeatedly and I really, really needed running this week.  Fortunately, my training didn't let me down.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
14 3.3 mi walk	15 Physical Therapy	16 5 mi@11:35	17 3.2 mi@10:48 Strength	18 Rest	19 5.4 mi@11:42	20  9 mi@11:34 3/1 pacing	22 mi

I mostly stuck to the schedule, except that I was planning to get three miles in on Tuesday, but my knee wasn't feeling so hot after physical therapy so I decided to push the run back to Thursday instead of spin class.  I actually listened to my body!  Shocking, I know.

Training this weekend was especially good.  My five miler on Saturday was in some ridiculous headwinds, but I fought through them without falling off pace too much.  Sunday's long run felt really good.  I ran the first 7 miles or so at an easy pace, and then picked it up for the last 2.  The splits don't tell the whole story, since I got stuck at a few stop lights, which I don't generally stop the watch for, but I'll post them anyway since I'm sure you're all super interested :)

MILE	TIME	AVG.PACE
1	10:43	10'43"/mi
2	22:49	12'06"/mi
3	34:30	11'41"/mi
4	45:42	11'12"/mi
5	57:40	11'58"/mi
6	1:09:46	12'06"/mi
7	1:22:08	12'22"/mi
8	1:32:44	10'36"/mi
9	1:44:10	11'26"/mi

I'm really looking forward to heading home for Thanksgiving, and hoping the travel won't disrupt the training too much.  I wouldn't want a few missed runs to dampen my appetite, now would I?  Here's what's on tap for this week:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
21 Cross	22 GA: 3 mi Strength	23 MSD: 5 mi	24 Thanksgiving GA: 3 mi	25 Rest	26 Pace: 5 mi PT exercises	27 LSD: 6 mi	22 mi