We also had a new girl show up to the workout.  Her name is Lauren, and she is super young and fast and badass, so naturally I felt like our Lauren was there with us.  She even has a tattoo of the same Robert Frost poem that I have on my road ID.

 

Aww!

HsM - congrats on W1D1!

emmbee - I'd go for option 1, or if you're feeling good tonight, split it 5 tonight/2 tomorrow. Some easy miles the day before a race is always better for me than nothing at all.

Slept in by over 3 hours again this morning, might get to the pool for a short workout later just so I feel like I did *something*, or I might just give my body the rest day that it's clearly begging for.

Trying to figure out what makes more sense for me today.  I had planned to do 3 today, 4 tomorrow, and six on Saturday; but I've signed up for a 10K on Saturday and didn't get out for a run this morning, so I'll probably run tonight and tomorrow morning.

Options:

1) 4 tonight, 3 tomorrow.

2) 3 tonight, 4 tomorrow. (usual Th-F schedule)

3) 6-7 tonight, rest tomorrow.

 

I have run exactly 1 10K before and that race featured a 1.5 mile evil hill at mile 4, so as long as I don't blow up stupidly, I should PR with a nice strong run. (Being a slow newbie is *awesome.*)  Am I better resting or running tomorrow?

 

For the past months I've been running five-six days a week and it's going really well; seems to be less mentally intimidating for me to get out the door every day for a few rather than run longer twice a week.  We'll see how it goes once half training starts in a couple of weeks...

Option 1 or 2 and I agree with L Boogie on running the day before a race versus rest. Although I have done them both and sucked equally so there.

Thanks, all! I think it may just depend on how I feel this evening!  It's 91 degrees here now (yuck.)   Maybe a 5/2 split just because I like my five mile route more than my four mile route.

I'll be happy with anything under an hour; I signed up mostly because I've been trying to carefully build a really solid base for the past six weeks, which has meant more days running than I have in the past, but also that I'm running the same shorter routes a LOT.

I'm doing loops of the middle weeks the Hansons half-marathon "just finish" plan, which is sort of silly because I've already finished three halfs, but trying to introduce speed and distance at the same time in the last training cycle just killed me, so I'm stepping back to a level where I'm not making myself miserable only to run slower.  So I'm going to try to average 25-30 miles/week this month, and 30-35 in the next two, with long runs topping out at 10 or 12, and then race at the end of September.

TL;DR A six-mile run on Saturday where someone gives me a medal and a popsicle at the end sounds nice.

But I also know that I run a *lot* faster in a group.   And I have no idea whether I do better with more rest or a short shake-out run the day before.