Training 7/22-7/28

7/22- Consider it an unplanned rest day.  Managed just 1 mile in a time over 10 minutes.
Distance=1.0

7/23- 4.5 miles in 42:05 (9:24 pace) plus a half mile cool. Just about back to the new norm.
Distance=5.0

7/24- AM- Took advantage of a rare summer cold front with temps in the mid-60s this morning.  Lakeshore 5 in 44:36 (8:55 pace). plus a cool.  Pace was pretty steady just south of 9 most of the way but did have a little something left.

PM- Trak Shak 3.5 in 29:34 (8:27 pace).  Two days in a row, I've felt considerably better in the afternoon.  I believe it is the mega doses of TRS.  I don't feel as well in the morning because I only got one dose after 12 hours off in the morning but got 2 more doses in the afternoon (1 at lunch and 1 before the run).  Mega Mega doses is my only hope of a semi-respectable showing in Connecticut.
Distance=9.0 

7/25-AM- Test intervals plus a 1 lap cool.
NO TRS- 3:48 at Montreat (11:24 pace).  Only 13 hours after taking my last TRS.
10 sprays- 2:16 (6:48 pace).  MINUS 4:36.
I ran the 2nd interval without methylation support too.  With it, I bet the gap grows to over 5:00.  As has happened in the past, the gap will shrink with time.  Both the floor and ceiling will improve but the floor will rise much faster.  Then, if history is any indication, the process will repeat again and again. 

Dreamed that Trump ran against Bernie Sanders in the election.  The only difference was that Trump was a Democrat and Sanders was a Republican.  I assume they switched ideologies but not personalities.  FWIW, Trump won easily.  Makes sense to me.  The media would love Trump if he was a socialist.

PM- Canterbury 4 in 32:56 (8:14 pace).  Not bad overall but I was really struggling on the back half, which is almost all downhill or level.  Wore myself out on the early hills.  Splits were 16:11-16:45.
Distance=5.0

7/26- Opener- 3:32 (10:36 pace)
Closer- 2:13 (6:39 pace). plus a cool.
The gap is down to 3:57.  That's it for today.  I don't want to increase the weekly mileage too quickly.
Distance=1.0

7/27- Ran an opener in 3:16 (9:48 pace).  MINUS 48.  No closer.  Saved it for the long run.  BTC 12 in 1:47:50 (8:59 pace).  Faded on the back half but never slowed beyond 9:40.  Barring a relapse, I'm looking good for a sub-2 in Connecticut next weekend.  Added a half mile cool.
Distance=13.0

7/28- Opener this morning and my time is all the way down to 2:50 (8:30 pace).  Followed that up with approximately 1.7 miles on Lakeshore at a pace just south of 9.  This was intended to be a recovery jog and I felt surprisingly fresh after yesterday's effort.  That's it for today.  I had plenty more in me but I've already exceeded the mileage quota.
Distance=2.0

-36 miles on the week
YTD-690.  I want to maintain 35 for the rest of the summer then bump it up to 40 in the Fall.