Tempo Time

Last Thursday was the third run of the week and my return to Felix's Finish Strong Thursday tempo runs. One mile easy, two miles hard, one mile easy. I wanted to the fast miles to be around 9 min/mile, and they ended up 8:56 and 8:45, so they went well.

I ran most of the fast miles with a gent I knew by face, but learned to be Dave. Dave is an older fellow who runs with HoustonFIT's main Yellow group and somewhat suprisingly, I seemed to wonder why I ran with HoustonFIT as much as I did. When I told him I was going to run Chicago and rejoin the main Yellow group afterwards, he simply responded with, "Why would you do that?". Ahhhh, well, cause it's my group and they are training for the Houston Marathon like will then be doing? Of course, the truth is people get kind of attached to the people and routine of their running groups. Dave suggested that I run with Houston Striders or similar year round group since they would be running mileage (~15 or so) that I was trained for post-Chicago. Felix and the Yellows will be more so be in the lower double digits at that time. It turns out that Dave has ran with many other running groups, so he probably doesn't feel obligated to stick with HoustonFIT. I suppose I could run with others and keep my post-Chicago mileage higher, but as I say, running isn't always about running. I enjoy the Yellows, so back I'll go a few weeks post-Chicago.

This Saturday was our 18 mile run. It was a chore, and as it was my first run with my new heart rate monitor, I've got lot's to say! I'm still stewing over what I learned during that run, so I'll have more to say shortly.

Last week was the first week, other than a marathon week, where I ran more than 30 miles in seven days time. For that reason, I'll probably just shoot for a couple of runs during the week; I'll probably skip Monday's easy run.

Almost time to try out my new, Auburn colored (War Eagle!) Mizuno Wave 7's. Perhaps I'll try Thursday's run with the new kicks.