Eaton-Run and training

I ran 8 on Friday and again on Saturday, at good pace.

Sunday was the "Eaton-Run" which had a lunch afterward (ergo the clever pun).  I didn't plan on racing, but neither Kevin nor Tim showed up, so I figured I would try to win.  Unfortunately, I didn't recognize Curtis Moore, who showed up to take home the prize money.  I ran the first mile with Claes, then tried to catch Curtis coming back down (the first 1.5 miles was all uphill, and it was an out-and-back course).  I was not able to, and ended up with a mediocre time of 18:27 (6:13, 5:59, 5:48), but the water was nice.  Alex ran 24:20 which was a good time with that big hill.

I tried to come back and run hard at Whitaker Woods on Tuesday.  I was 47 seconds off my best, but running entirely alone and it was hot.  Not the day to push. 

Wednesday I attempted to run 10, but by the 9th mile I was completely dehydrated and exhausted; so I quit at 9.5 miles at 1:25.  I walked up the big hill home, which was better than passing out.

I forced a rest day in after that. 

Friday I did 3x mile on the track at 5:37 5:36 5:35, with 400m rest in between.  Cutting the rest to 4 minutes made the splits much slower than I would like, but it was a hard workout.  Next time I do this one I will aim for 5:30.  With full rest, I will aim for 5:15.

Saturday was easy 6.5. 

Sunday I did the 10.2 miler from last week, but tempo pace.  I was a bit unsure when I started, having been forced to walk the last time I did that run, but after the first 3 miles went uneventfully at 7:35 pace, I picked it up and did the next 6 at 7:00 pace.  Up the big hill at the end I ran 7:55, which is about as fast as I can go.  The net time (74:55) was 2:20 off my PR for the course, which makes sense as the first 4 miles were about 35 seconds per mile slower than I would have run if I were going full out.

Monday I ran with Kennett X-C team.  I am going to taper a bit for the Fox Point 5 miler on Saturday, and see if I can run a PR (last year 29:54).

===
Darin