Training 9/29-10/5

 9/29- About what I expected.  Yesterday, I managed only 1 Mile in 12:42.  Today, I upped it to 1.5 with a time of 16:48 (11:12 pace).  MINUS 90.  Gotta be pleased with that but it will probably be another 3 days until I am back to the new normal.  Then, something else will pop up.  No pills at all this morning.

PM- Half mile in 4:30 (9:00 pace) at Montreat.  Better than expected.  Pace was probably not sustainable but it still would have been a lot better than this morning.

Distance-2.0

9/30- 2 miles in 17:41 (8:50 pace).  Back to normal much faster than I expected.  Near perfect splits.  This evening, I want to see what low dose C does 

Distance-2.0

10/1- Took half a Vitamin C last night and half this morning.  No discernable reaction.  Repeated the 2 mile distance in 17:52 (8:56 pace).  Slightly slower but not enough to be considered significant.  I simply took too much for too long.  This is NOT an inexplicable reaction.  Splits were 9:06-8:46.  I could have matched yesterday if I had gone out faster.  Good news overall.

Distance-2.0

10/2- No pills.  A tad sluggish but no real concern.  Finished 4 miles in 36:30 (9:07 pace). Dialed down the effort a bit but did push a bit in the last mile (8:58) to shore up the sub-2 half Mary pace.

Distance-4.0

10/3- Planned rest day.

10/4- 10K in 59:24 PR (9:30 pace) plus a cool.  I believe this is my fastest time since at least 2022, possibly 2021.  Splits were 29:04-30:20 but I was pretty even from Mile 3-6 after starting too fast.  More importantly, I have achieved my bare ass minimum standard for racing!

Distance-6.5

10/5- Veterans Park.  2 loops around the lake (1.33 miles) in a time of 11:54 (8:56 pace) plus a short cool.  Surprisingly decent pop in my legs.  For a recovery day, I probably ran this too fast but given the short distance, it probably won't hurt me.

I drank the equivalent of 2 beers yesterday to celebrate the milestone.  No real buzz and I had to nap for an hour afterwards.  Not worth it.

Distance-1.5

18 miles on the week.  I want to add a little bit of speed going forward