After completing the Running of the Elk Thrive 5K last Sunday, I delayed my midweek run by a day this week and ran on Wednesday instead. My midweek run went well, but my Saturday run was a bit rough. I guess the combo of racing hard on Sunday and doing 4.25 miles on Wednesday left me a bit fatigued. Regardless, I was still able to average a 9 minute per mile pace.
This coming week I think I'm going to switch to running three times a week: two short runs during the week and one long run on the weekend. My plan is to run Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday (unless there's rain). I think my short runs will start at 20 minutes (half of what I did on Saturday). I haven't decided what I'm going to do on Saturday. I'll do somewhere between 40-45 minutes depending on how I feel. I would have said 44 minutes, but if I'm able to keep my 9 minutes per mile pace, it's unlikely that I'd stop a minute shy of completing 5 miles.
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