I am proud that I ran past the century mark mileage wise this month but I was hoping to run today, Tuesday for a total of one hundred and fifteen miles for the month. Yesterday I ran five miles, a one mile warm up and what was supposed to be a four mile tempo run. What I didn't realize until I hit the road was that my legs needed more than one day to recover from my fourteen miler. I did not get much rest over the weekend which also probably contributed but mostly I think that I needed another day to recover. My splits were far from negative excecpt for the last fast mile and I was dissapointed to say the least. I wanted the four miles to average under a 7:30 minute/mile pace, I was close as I averaged a 7:38 minute/mile pace but that was only because my final mile came in around seven minutes. I originally planned to run seven miles today to reach the total I mentioned above but decided to take the two days off that I needed. This throws my schedule off a bit as I will be going to work early tomorrow and not running which means I will have to either run Thursday, Friday and Saturday or switch my long run to Sunday. I need the rest though and I am doing something that I would not have done previously which is taking a break when my body is telling me that I need it instead of risking injury by pushing through it. In the long run I know this is what is best and I can still get my mileage in for the week.
5 miles on Monday in 38:53
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