LA Marathon training program: Week 4 - Day 3
Race: 8k @ 7:34 (5mi @ 7:15)
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| LA Marathon training program: Week 4 |
Saturday December 9th, 2006 |
Race: 8k @ 7:34 (5mi @ 7:15) | ||||
| Weight: 186.5 | Time:9:00am | Temp: 21f | Weather: Cold but clear | Route: Run Like the Dickens |
| Notes: I have to admit, that I did this race a bit out of guilt. I missed my scheduled run for yesterday. I was originally planning on running this race, however once I had my program worked out, I had decided that It was not practical. But never the less I found myself standing in the freezing air outside of a the Holly High School. This was my first 8k, I have done 5ks and 10ks, but never 8. So I was not sure how well I would do. I went to the runners world training calculator. Using my 10k time from the Iron Turkey, it predicted that I would be able to do 8k in 37:17, I ended up finishing a bit slower then that at 37:33. I was hoping to under 37:00 but I cant complain. I don't want to make excuses but the cold seams to make these things allot harder. Under freezing I always seam to more breathing strain. And my legs seam to get sour much sooner. Once again I had no knee pain at all. This is a good sign. Hopefully by the Marathon I will not need my brace at all. Not sure if I am going to do my EZ run tomorrow. I am supposed to be in a recovery week, and I have worked it quite a bit harder then I should have. But the weather is looking to be nice, so I will wait and see how I feel then. | ||||