Good evening. I am again combining my Wednesday evening and Thursday morning run blogs (with a volleyball update). Last night I ran my "easy" 4 miles before volleyball. I started running at 5:50pm since my volleyball game was scheduled for 7:00pm. My easy runs are supposed to be at my marathon pace (MP) +45 seconds. I ran the 4 miles at my MP + an overall average of +20 seconds. I also ran another negative split for the total run.
The balance of the evening was pretty uneventful. Volleyball was good. We played hard, but lost all 3 games. I was basically my typical Tiggerish self, bouncing all over the place and wound tight. I came home and made sure to eat something before bed. I had a peanut butter sandwich and was in bed around 10:45pm.
This morning I left the house around 4;55am and headed to the YMCA for my "tempo" 6 miles. It was 26 degrees when I got to the YMCA. I hit the track at 5:40am and started out at my tempo pace, MP-30 seconds. I was pumped at the end of my run that I had run better than 33 seconds under my MP AND a negative split by my largest margin to date. That kind of a start to my day made the rest of the day great.
I have a "rest" day tomorrow and my long run is a scaled back run of only 10 miles. I am psyched all three runs were negative splits, which I have never run even a single one before!!! My confidence about running the marathon has returned and I am looking froward to the rest of my runs this week.
Talk at everyone this weekend.
Peace,
Philippians 4:13
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