Sunday
15 miler, solid run.
Saturday
Had 11 with 6 LT scheduled. At mile 8, with 5 LT done, I was feeling fine. Then out of nowhere, I got a lower stomach cramp. I tried to run through it, but it became acute at 8.5; I had to stop.
Initially, I was angry. But then I noticed how fast I recovered; 30 seconds later I was breathing normally with a standard heart beat; I just had cranked out 5 1/2 6:30 min/miles. Would have preferred to hit all 11, but still solid LT.
Friday
Standard 8 with 5 x 200 meter strides.
Thursday-Off
Wednesday
20 miler. Good run; added some hill work (slight long inclines) to break it up some.
Tuesday
7 miler with strides.
When doing my 200 meter strides, I was running sub 6 min/mile pace, moving pretty well. After my last stride, I just stopped the treadmill. A young girl (mid 20s) who was on the adjacent treadmill gave me a condescending look and said, "Don't you warm down?" I replied, almost confused, "No." She then gave me a contemptuous look as if I didn't know what I was doing.
Monday
A 15 miler that felt like 20. I did run the first four at a slight incline, but I don't think that was what made it so difficult. A strong cold front came through last week and I got use to a week of cool dry air. Running in the humidity again made the run feel much harder. Cool front coming in Tuesday, perhaps that will help with my true 20 miler Wednesday.
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