Training Update: Tempo Phase Complete. Long Run = 34 miles, Long Week = 78 miles.
I'm writing this the day after my first week of "steady state" phase ended with a disappointing long run. I overheated, didn't feel too well, and stopped at 26 miles instead of the intended 37 miles. Up until this run, everything had worked out mostly as planned. But this is hard stuff. It is a good reminder to me to stay humble and grounded. I'm blogging about this in real time...a fairly tale ending is not guaranteed. If I'm reaching the limits of what I can sustain...well...it is what it is. (Sorry...I know that is a wildly overused idiom...maybe my brain is still sore from yesterdays steamy long run.) Despite the "bobble" yesterday, training has gone generally quite well. The tempo phase came and went and I generally executed the key workouts well. On slightly cooler days, I was able to average below 7:10/mile at tempo effort. I'm happy my knee has held up to these sustained faster paces. Now during the steady state phase I'm going to