Miles and more miles

 Another workout today brought to you by Garmin Coach.  10 min warm up, 4 X 5 minutes at 7:55 with 2 minute active recovery, then 10 minute cool down.  Ran 7:33, 7:32, 7:14, 7:35 pace for the intervals, running by feel.  Maybe a bit harder than prescribed but certainly manageable.  

Hitting these workouts are fun but the real key is the mileage.  I'm hitting 5 milers on the reg now which is not a lot but a lot more than I've been able to handle for years.  Wednesday, Thursday, Friday will be taper and recovery days before Saturday's race.  After that, I'm going back to base building.  Might put something on the Garmin Coach calendar and let Garmin dictate the workouts for a while longer since it's been working so well.  

I looked back at my training from 2019 and it seemed like things really rounded out once I started upping my long runs.  I've been maxed at 8 miles for quite a while now so time to get those back into the double digits.  More base building into September and then start hitting the workouts again as the weather gets cooler.  

Keep building that base

 August has started and I need to keep building that base.  I feel stronger and fitter than I have for a while.  Not top fitness but just enough fitness that I can actually start doing some real training.  Workouts have been limited so far but I've increased my mileage and am finally back to the point to where running 5 miles is relatively easy.  

I ran 5 on Friday, Saturday, and Monday and Sunday I took off but only because I was busy cleaning all day.  I was on my feet all day and still feel like I got some work in even if it wasn't true aerobic effort.

Saturday I ran a progression run with 1 mile warm up at 8:34 then 7:44, 7:20, and 7:02 before an 8:00 minute cooldown.  It was a good solid effort but not overly taxing.  I have been extra cautious to not overdo it and burn myself out.

This Saturday is race week so should take it relatively easy this week and let my body recover.  Not sure if I'm quite at the point I would like to be but I've been consistent and put in work so we'll see where it gets me.