A couple more weeks of training are in the books. I set a new long for the year last weekend covering 7.8 miles in 70 minutes. I am progressing nicely towards getting the distance I need to be able to work up to half marathon training. I only did one training run in that previous week (35 minutes) due to socializing on my run day.
This past week, Monday was quite a hot day (and it didn't really cool down), so I deferred my run from Monday to Tuesday. I had planned to do 38 minutes, but I picked my course incorrectly, so rather than having a longer than desired walk home, I ran for 40 minutes instead of 38. I decided to also push my Wednesday run to Thursday, and on Thursday I decided to again do the 40 minutes. I was a bit concerned about cutting a day of rest before my long Saturday run, but I figured I'd be ok.
Saturday was another hot day, and my 9:30 start time did not do me any favors. A few miles in, I started to mentally bail on the run, but I was able to keep myself going. There's a good deal of climbing on my weekend long run, and unfortunately, most of it is not shaded, so I was getting the full impact of the sun beating down on me. I was able to make it through most of the hard climbing, but once I got through my "recovery" mile of downhill, I saw that my pace was still getting slower, and I figured there was little reason to continue to push through. So the run that I had hoped would be 80 minutes and almost 9 miles (more realistically 8.5 with the heat) was stopped short at 62 minutes.
I hate giving up mentally since it feels like (and is) a failure, but I don't think pressing forward really would have done me much good. Walking the mile and a half home wasn't any fun either.
This week I hope to complete what I set out to do last week. I'll keep the 40 minute weekday runs and go for 80 on Saturday. Here's hoping it won't be as hot.
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