I crossed the 300 mile mark today. In 2011, I didn't get this far until April 27. So I'm roughly running twice as much this year as I was last. Go me.
I've been having some good runs, too. I keep most of them at about a 10 minute mile pace, but every few days I kick it up a notch. It's not planned, it kind of just happens. I finished yesterday's 9.2 in 83 minutes.
But today I hurt. My achilles tendon hurts on my right foot. Ouch.
But today I hurt. My achilles tendon hurts on my right foot. Ouch.
I've dropped a few pounds, too. It's not as much as I wish, but I guess that's to be expected.
The 5K on Guam is in two weeks, and Tagaman is three weeks after that. During my long runs I can manage a 9 minute mile pace, so for a three mile race an 8 minute pace shouldn't be impossible. Therefore, my goal is to run a 7 minute pace, which rounded down is 21 minutes. Can I do it? Probably not, but we'll see.
I'm not sure how I'll do in the Tagaman. In 2009 it took me 60 minutes to complete the swim, and then I pulled a big DNF on the bike when my equipment broke. I'm going to practice swimming when I get to Guam next week. I'm going to try to get in the water every morning, and maybe I can get that time down to....59 minutes?
Then a two hour bike ride and a 90 minute run. Yeah, I think I can handle that.