Not entirely sure what was going the end of the weekend and into the first part of the week but things weren't right. I think I picked up an intestinal bug but needless to say I wasn't feeling good and took Monday and Tuesday off. Thankfully it's a lower volume week but I've cut back from what was planned to give my body some rest and get things right heading into a couple big volume weeks.
I did head out yesterday for the first time since my disaster of a run on Sunday and things were good. Had a 25 minute tempo followed by 1 minute rest then the plan was to run the same distance I had covered in the first tempo faster than the fist 25 tempo.
As I picked up the pace for the fist tempo I was feeling good holding my HR in the upper 140's lower 150's and holding near 7:00/mile pace. At 25 minutes I had just passed the 5 mile marker on the trail (same distance I had run on Sunday) and jogged a big before spinning it around and ramping up the pace again (I had held 6:57/mile pace for the first 25 minute tempo). I was a little worried that I was going to crack on the way back but I didn't and felt really strong the whole way and covered the same distance in 23:50 (6:37/mile pace).
What a difference between Sunday and yesterday. I'm still watching my volume to ensure I'm getting good rest as I'm down near where I thought I'd be weight wise on race day already and didn't have much appetite the last few days.
Headed to Oregon this weekend for some warmer training weather in the Gorge. Hopefully it will be windy too..... ;)
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