Week Wrapup

Distance: 21.38 miles
Time: 2 hours 53 minutes

Comments: Not a bad first week of work. No great shakes distance-wise but an understandable mark in light of last week's effort.

I also discovered that my calculations for Monday's distance were rather off (since updated). As a result the mileage for the week is pretty much an estimate only.

But I got some decent speed work in as well as my first effort at Timed Repeats. These workouts, I find, seem paltry immediately afterward but, a day later, they knock the crap out of me. Something to keep in mind as I go forward with my training.

On the injury front, I seem to have gotten through the week alright. But my knees have been noticeably tender throughout the week, particularly the problematic left.

Next week looks like it will be a total wash. I am headed to Brazil for at least seven days and my running workouts will be an impossibility. This is part of the reason I kicked off the training schedule early, I will have time to recover from such gaps.

Long Run

Distance: 11 kilometers (6.83 miles)
Time: 58.37 minutes
Surface: asphalt/concrete
Weather Conditions: cool, misty, overcast, 60s, morning run
Location: Miraflores/Barranco, Lima, Peru

Comments: Not a bad run. Started a bit unpleasantly but gradually improved to a solid brisk pace on the last third or so.

I toyed with the idea of an hour-and-a-half run but felt it best to stick with the more limited mileage due to my blowout big run last week. So I set a route I figured was pretty close to the distance that took me along the Malencon and down on the beach. 

I also made sure to put a nice big hill in there. Its been awhile since I visited La Bruja but she was still there waiting for me. But I was able to get up the ascent with noticably more ease.