AM - Easy 8.3-mile run with Cody this morning. Ran up to USU track and did some 100m striders. Hit a nice pace going back down. 7:15/mile pace overall. (Adrenaline orange: 151 miles) PM - Ran 11.2 miles with Cody and James down Blacksmith Fork via 2-car shuttle. I wanted to get a good downhill workout in preparation for the Ogden half and the Ogden marathon. The plan was to warm up for a couple miles and then do a 4-mile tempo at half marathon pace. I would hoping I would be able to run 5:15-5:20 pace on the downhill and have it feel easy. Unfortunately, a strong headwind damped both my spirits and my stride. I ran 22:20 for the tempo, so a 5:35/mile average. HR was in the upper 170s (88-89% max) for the bulk of it. I felt like I could never get going and that there was never "enough" downhill. Still, it was a good workout, and my pace was very steady on all the splits I got. I actually felt pretty good afterwards during the rest of the run (aside from being very hungry), and the 7:00-pace was comfortable. So that was good. Ave HR for entire run: 152 Max HR during tempo: 181 Ave pace for entire run: 6:30/mile I feel like I don't really have a great indicator of my true race potential right now. All of the Ogden races have been so hilly that times are meaningless. I was hoping this workout would give me an idea of where I'm at, but the headwind made it hard to correlate to the Ogden course. My body got the workout it needed for sure, but my mind is still wondering. I'm pretty sure that sub-1:10 should be doable though.
81 miles for the week (yea!). 79 miles scheduled for next week. (Burn: 77 miles)
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