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Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Consistently Slow
Run until the trail runs out.
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The pain that hurts the worse is the imagined pain. One of the most difficult arts of racing is learning to ignore the imagined pain and just live with the present pain (which is always bearable.) - Jeff
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Congrats! You had one of those [what I call] "EUREKA!" runs, the payoff for all those times we plod through the rain and snow and heat and cold,...or when we don't really feel like it but run anyway. "EUREKA!" runs can provide motivation and momentum for weeks, or even months. Don't mean to hijack, but there must be something in the air this weekend: I went out yesterday to hit my 4-year goal of a 13.1 mile long run, and came away happier that I concentrated on and kept to my typical LR pace of 8:20 than I was about the distance (didn't look at the watch, ran by 'perceived effort'). Came away with an 8:03 with the last 2 miles at 7:47 and 7:48. Felt easier than some 4-milers at 8:30. Like you, I just can't explain it. Maybe one of these days I'll understand the physiology of all this.
One day at a time
E.J.Greater Lowell Road RunnersCry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.
Congrats on a great run! And you get bonus points if that's a Shamrock Running Club singlet in your avatar, Shamrocks is nice peeps.
Was it hard getting from 11 to 13.1? To me, that additional 2.1 miles seems very daunting for some reason.
Teresadfp, No, not paticularly,...but I had flirted with 13 several times over the past 4 years (only to be waylaid by injury or summer heat), and had done quite a few 11s, 12s, 12.5s, etc. I'm also super-conservative about increasing LR distance, adding only about 1/2 mile weekly (sometimes just 1/4), and stepping back every 3-4 weeks. I credit getting into the upper 30s weekly mileage the past couple of months and adding a mid-week 'semi-long' run of 8 or so for putting me over the top this time.