5 Weeks til Utah

Monday

2 mi @ 9:24/mi

Went outside in the morning for a little loop around the neighborhood in the rain as the sun rose.

I'd planned a lunch ruck, but morning meetings running late and needing to get food took precedence. Honestly probably needed a rest-ish day.

Tuesday

6.3 mi XC Double #10kTuesday

Ran 2 loops of the XC course at lunch and boyyyyy was that insanely hot. All this heat training and it's still kicking my butt. Had to take a couple of walk breaks to bring the heart rate down below the mid-180s 😳

3 mi Rockers Run Club

Happy to have already knocked out the Tuesday 10k distance, so got to just enjoy the short distance run at Rockers. Fun time with the Sparkle crew!

Wednesday

1.1 mi easy run

Just a quick loop around Legacy Park on my way back from an appointment. I really like this section of the Swamp Rabbit trail connector with the bridge. 

Thursday

5.2 mi @ 9:18/mi hill repeats

Ran with the early downtown crew and did 6x Bennett Street hill repeats. What a beast that hill was! The humidity was outrageous, too.

Friday

3.2 mi XC run

Hot Fish Run Club 5k Friday on the XC trails during lunch at the office.

Saturday

14.22 mi @ 9:00/mi avg

Been a while since I've done a long road run. Ran from the house to meet a group at Furman for a course preview run of the Red, White & Blue Shoes 5k that will be held there on July 4th, then continue on a northward out-and-back run on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Felt good on the warmup and pretty strong on the main part of the run, but was totally dying by the last couple of miles when I peeled off from the group to head back via hilly Green Valley to get home. Definitely a fueling issue since I had only a half cup of coffee and 3 gummies. Did refill handheld water bottle during the run, but water wasn't enough to sustain the energy output.

Sunday

2.6 mi @ 9:31/mi

Hot slow miles at midday.

Another week just shy of 38 miles.... whew!