I stuck with my plan to run three times over the past week: two shorts runs with one long run on the weekend. I ended up going slightly longer than planned on the short runs: instead of running for 20 minutes I did 22 so that the runs would be just over 2.5 miles. I did 44 minutes for my long weekend run which ended up just a touch over five miles. It was the first time since my injury that I covered five miles, and it felt good to do so, but the run was a bit of a challenge.
My first two miles of the five mile run were completed with a 8:30 minute per mile pace which is about as fast as I've gone in training runs this year. The final three miles were 8:50, 8:50, and 8:55 respectively. The third mile had the most climbing, and as such, I would have liked to see either the fourth or fifth mile surpass it in speed, but I'm pretty happy with my splits.
I will be going to the Sacramento River Cats game Monday night, so I'm going to have to change my training schedule for the week. I haven't decided if my plan will be to run Tuesday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday. I'm running the Sacramento Zoo Zoom 5K on Sunday, so I won't be doing a long run this week. I will probably keep my midweek runs at 22 minutes for this week and next, and I'll probably repeat yesterday's five mile run for my long run in two weeks once I'm back to training.
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