Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Upping the Mileage (how not to do it)

   I've been thinking recently that in order to improve my 5k and maybe start training for some longer races I should be putting in more mileage.  Over the past two months I've done only 3 or 4 runs that were 6-7 miles.   I highly favor interval work right now, but I know you need a good mix of the two in order to get the best results.  Also reading all you super distance runner blogs has had me thinking about running longer.  So today I went for it. . . 13 miles.


                          Y'all are nuts!!!!
                 (I mean I realize 13 miles is child's play to many of you,  I don't
                                                      know how you do it.  I've got nothing but respect for you)


     I don't know how some of you do such high mileage, my legs are completely dead right now.  I ran 6.5 out and then back.  The first half I ran in 57 min, my overall time was 2:01.  I definitely had some walking breaks at the end there (most of the last mile :/).    I was starving the whole way back (I guess that's my mistake for not bringing any fuel)  If I had any money with me I surely would have stopped at one of the numerous restaurants along the way.   Obviously going from a high of 6 miles straight to 13 might not be the best way to go, I'll never claim to be the brightest crayon in the box ;)   Spontaneous, that's what that was right there.

That's all I got right now, I've gotta go stuff my face and take some pain killers.

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