"I roam all alone on the island I can hear your voice in my mind I can feel the cold,cold of your hand I'm lost,you're one of a kind the water's not as blue as it first was it's no longer the island of sun the mountains are taller than ever before I know it's not an island for one"
The Island-Amble
Yes,yes and yes!!!! first 4 day training week during the week since March 30th, first weekend non race long run since March 22nd and first five day 28 mile week since April 5th......don't look now but Himself is starting to knuckle down and crank up the mileage.......
I had touched on his in my last post that lunchtime runs had gone the way of the Ark although for two weeks between June 8th and the 17th due to a schism in the schedule I was able to log 5 lunchtime 5 milers to kick start the process, had they not've presented themselves I'd like to think my long overdue conversion to morning running would've begun sooner but as it was I began that this week
Tuesday June 23rd In 50 years as a runner my ability to get up first thing in the morning to run has been found wanting but I knew in May that was going to have to change if I had any designs on weekly mileage so b4 I went to bed on Monday nite I set the alarm for 5.25am in the hope I would be up by 5.35am, dressed, stretched and out the door by 5.50am in the immortal words of Rush in the song "Subdivisions" conform or be cast out.......
W/ a potential 4 days of runs on tap I felt the need to mix up my routes this morning I opted for Baltimore Ave/Spruce St to South Street bridge and onto the Schuylkill River Trail till I hit 2.5 miles then turn and head back when I hit the South St bridge I saw 72 degrees on trusty auld Peco Tower but never checked the humidity pre run......judging from the sweat rollin' off me it was pretty high.......welcome to summer training in Philly!
44.47.4 off 8.57 mile pace, my splits went:8.08-8.41=9.31-9.03-9.26 to be honest, time, pace, splits were secondary today the important thing was to get out and run and hopefully have morning running become the new normal
Wednesday June 24th Obviously getting up early once to run wasn't going to cut it so I was hopeful I could answer the call of the alarm again at 5.25am this morning.....happy to say that I could and having learnt a harsh lesson w/ the humidity yesterday I made shur to check my phone this morning, 65 degrees and 64% humidity
Opted for the Powelton Ave route, the road less traveled it has to be said, I must've counted a dozen or so runner yesterday morning today not so much today..... but as long as I'm out there that's what matters
46.23.7 off 9.17 mile pace,my mile splits were:9.06-9.14-9.23-9.17-9.24 nothing earth shattering but it doesn't need to be, hopefully moving forward as I adjust to running first thing in the morning my pace will pick up
Thursday June 25th 66 degrees but 81% humidity so I was glad this run was down 49th St to Gravs Ferry Aveune to get onto the Schuylkill River Trail, albeit only for half a mile but the breeze effect off the Schuylkill just over a mile into the run when it's humid is clutch
45.05.7 off 9.01 mile pace, splits:8.33-8.51-9.03-9.24-9.14, three for three, could I hit for the cycle tomorrow?
Friday June 26th Opted for a hybrid of Tuesdays run and yesterdays run, Baltimore Ave/Spruce St/South St bridge, Schuylkill River Trail/Grays Ferry Ave/49th St
71 degrees w/ 75% humidity clocked 46.26.1 off 9.12 mile pace w/ splits of:8.56-9.27-9.11-9.11-9.41,like I said earlier it had been a minute since I logged 4 weekday runs so this was a nice return to form, based on this week I think I could get the hang of this morning running lark period but prior to this week when I'd tried to get up first thing on a weekend to run the last few weeks it just wasn't happening.....could I buck that trend this weekend getting up at 5.35am during the week....????
Sunday June 28th, ok so full disclosure when the alarm went off at 5.25am Saturday morning I hit off not snooze button by mistake,getting up at 5.35am four days in a row had caught up w/ me so I opted to " go long" on Sunday
I was out the door by 5.45am and two things concerned me one the 68 degrees but 89% humidity and also the fact my last non race long run on a weekend was March 22nd some 14 weeks ago,neither lent themselves to going 10 miles out and back along the Schuylkill River Trail via 49th St/Grays Ferry Ave but I figured go for it, if I had to settle for 8 miles this week sobeit there are still 12 weeks till PDR ample time to get my long run up to 10,12 and eventually 14 miles, there was really little to be gained only going 6 or 7 miles today
I kinda knew making the turn at mile 5 on Kelly Drive just beyond Boathouse Row in 45.09 that my chances of this being 10 miles out and back were few and far between, each mile had crept up a little slower than the last:8.36-9.06-9.08-9.09-9.10 and it was a question of when not if the wheels came off, one glaring error I made yesterday knowing I was going long today was not hydrating enough period, much less dealing w/ 89% humidity.......trust me this error won't be getting made again in future weeks
Stopped to walk twice on the route back along the Schuylkill Trail, at this point I knew I was looking at an 8 miler, final three splits 9.28-9.39-9.59 for a 1.14.11 off 9.16 mile pace.....nothing to write home about but a long overdue 5 day/28 mile week period and two weeks earlier than last year when I begun to knuckle down and prepare for the long haul that is the Fall road race season
Hopefully I'm back to 5 day training weeks w/ a weekend long run, my next three races are all 10ks but w/ PDR looming in the distance{ no pun intended!} the need to get long/double digit weekend runs in is clutch
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