Fondly Fahrenheit

09Aug12 – 11Aug12:             Fondly Fahrenheit

WHEN                                     Late Afternoon

TEMP                                      70 – 74 F (23 C)

CONDITIONS                       Cloudy.  (Rain on Thursday)

RUN                                       5.0 / 3.0 / 6.0 mi

TIME                                      51 min / 29 min / 58 min

RATE                                      10.2 / 9.7 / 9.7 min/mi

WEIGHT                                194 lbs (88 Kg)

INJURY THREATS             

Some strong stiffness in left knee on first mile (careful).

Losing three toenails (ignore)

MILEAGE YTD                    195 miles (290 K)

COMMENTS

I can hardly believe that I am still strengthening so rapidly.  Not one month ago, I could barely run three miles each day.  Now, I can do five at will, and am up to a max. of six miles.  The time on the six is a real eye opener, because I ran quite a bit faster than my usual long run without trying to at all.  I think this shows that I am not ready for real speed work; in spite of  having developed a recognizable Pace, I still weight too much, and am strengthening at pre-season levels of leaps and bounds.  I am very encouraged to think that I haven’t yet come into my official “beginning” Pace.  I am anxiously curious to find out what my true Pace is, considering my age (52).  Reminder:  my Pace when I was in my early twenties was 7:30 miles for training, and I averaged 6:23 m/mile.  I also achieved ten miles in one hour flat several times, which would be 6:00 m/mile.  Again, I don’t know what to expect because of my age, but I am increasingly excited at present.