Tuesday: Like a Rock

31 July 12

WHEN:                        2:00

TEMP:                         82 F (28 C)

CONDITIONS:           Mostly Sunny

RUN:                           5.0 mi (8 K)

TIME:                          47:23

RATE:                          9.47 m/mi

AM WEIGHT:              193 lb (87.6 k)

INJURY THREATS:    Losing middle right toe nail (ignore) 

MILEAGE YTD:          143 (229 K)

COMMENTS:

I could hardly believe today’s result.  At this point of the program, I shouldn’t be strong enough to duplicate the long Saturday run during the week.  True, it’s still an intermediate schedule at best, but it was not strain at all to run the farthest I have in a year, and three minutes faster than on the weekend, without trying to run faster.  The last two laps were very strong, and the burst on the last backstretch felt wonderful.