So Far, So Good

Yesterday's run makes it 3 good run days in a row.  Logged 10 miles, meeting up with Kelly and Leah from SparkPeople.com at Rancho Bernardo High School and jogged with them for a bit before heading off solo, following a 5 mile loop The Rock runners take every Thursday.  I felt great.   Kept the pace reasonable and even the long, sloping climb from Pomerado to Carmel Mountain Rd didn't phase me.



It was good to meet some fellow "Spark People" in Real Life, though I felt a little funny about leaving them behind a mile or so into the run.  I looped back to RB High School to try to find some water, and probably should have socialized a little bit more, but I was starting to worry about running out of light with 3 miles still to go to get home. 

I felt a little like Dean Karnazes, jogging around Carmel Mountain Ranch and 4S Ranch like it was a natural mode of transportation.  I wound up running up to the corner of the shopping center, though, instead of home, because I needed some water.  I didn't feel too bad, but I'd gone 8 miles without drinking.  Can you believe the water fountains at the high school don't work?  None of them.

I bummed water off of the Shell station there, and Joan met me on her way from picking up Bailey at SPAC, so I didn't have to navigate my way back home.  Still, it was a total of 10 miles, and I felt like I could have kept on going.  I didn't plan on it, but I didn't really watch the clock. That's pretty unusual for me. Maybe because I was more fixated on the social element of today's run, but I never set my stop watch and only know approximately how long I ran.  There was some standing around, like when I made introductions with Leah and Kelly and when I was roaming the grounds of RBHS in search of a water fountain.  But overall, I estimate I ran for 90 minutes.  I feel like I held a good sub-8 minute pace along Benardo Heights Pkwy and Pomerado Rd.  And the trip from home to RBHS was kind of fast paced because I was worried about meeting the women on time.  Other than that, I kept a pretty disciplined pace and I think that explained the strength of the session.

Today is a light day.  I've not been doing any weight training at all.  I need to get back in the gym and do some strength work.  I've been so fixated on running, I'm ignoring the cross training.  When was the last time I swam?

I'm anxious to tackle the weekend long run and regain my confidence.  I feel it building.  Time to peak.