Notes
Another good one! Very poor sleep last night, went to bed late and then woke up in the middle of the night with an awful headache that took a while to go away. Consequently slept through my alarm and had to rush to get to Mass Ave and Memorial on time! Was a few minutes too late, I saw the guys when I crossed the bridge but by the time I parked and ran over they were gone (actually saw Andy out running but never found the rest of the group). Went out to the Newton Firehouse and back on the course. Very badly had to poo for most of the first half of the run, but amazingly I made it to the firehouse bathroom in one piece. Picked it up on the way back without really trying, it just happened naturally - the wind was coming out of the west so I'm sure that helped. Consciously picked it up for the last mile, pretty happy to run 6' while getting tossed around by the wind crossing the bridge to MIT.
Going to keep a tally of how many times I get on the course for a run this year leading into Boston, thinking I can maybe get in 20+? This is number ONE.
Base training week 1/12: Less miles than I'd hoped, but a decent amount - I'll just say I'm "phasing in doubles". Next week I'll add another one or two and will be over 90 EZ. A faster run never really materialized earlier in the week like I'd hoped, but Friday's run was solid (just took some intention to make it happen) and today was a great run as well. Got in my two days of strides for the week, so that's good too. Need to get more sleep! And do some SAM...