Boston Training Tempo Run

Sitting in my favorite chair, facing east, enjoying coffee and the company of my dogs, I see another colorful sunrise. The sky is multicolored as night turns to day. Clouds streak past adding their own flavor to the view. Still bone chilling temps though, around 9 degrees. It's all good though. I woke up again and get to enjoy another day.

Yesterday's Boston Bound program called for a 5 mile tempo run. I decided to make it an 8 miler. It was a good tough workout and the temperature was approx. 15 degrees. The only problem is that instead of your normal tempo run it became a LT/tempo run. That's alright though. A few hours after the run my legs were a bit tired. I was planning on getting on my treadmill later in the day and running 4 miles of hill work. I changed my mind and just did a 3 mile recovery run.

Total miles yesterday: LT/Tempo 8+, Recovery 3 = 11

Today's schedule is swimming and biking. I am looking forward to tomorrows marathon pace run. I want to run Boston around 7:50-8:00 pace. We will see how that feels tomorrow. I will be disciplined and monitor my pace and will keep it around 8 or less. We will see how it goes.

Split Time Distance Elevation Gain Elevation Loss Avg Speed Max Speed Avg HR Max HR Steps Calories
1 0:09:07 1 230 210 9:07 7:09 145 175 0 29
2 0:07:49 1 98 95 7:49 5:24 135 148 0 89
3 0:07:13 1 75 52 7:13 4:51 150 155 0 89
4 0:06:57 1 112 79 6:57 5:02 155 160 0 87
5 0:07:25 1 98 121 7:25 5:27 154 159 0 93
6 0:07:33 1 79 89 7:33 6:22 155 159 0 94
7 0:07:27 1 112 128 7:27 5:56 153 160 0 93
8 0:07:40 1 20 69 7:40 6:58 157 159 0 96
9 0:00:31 0.07 0 0 7:33 7:10 157 158 0 7
Summary 1:01:45 8.07 820 846 7:39 4:51 150 175 0 677



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" Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction."