4 runs in 5 days, ouch.

Saturday... 21.34 at an 8:41 pace

Bardstown Rd out and back to Blackhorse and Seatonville (through Cedar Look Dr)
Out Hudson/Mary Dell out and back through Vettiner Park
Up Billtown, to end of St. Rene and up Willowview.
Finally, a loop that goes from Longborough to Stillmeadow to Laverne, and home. Steep hills when they were there.


Elevation Gain (ft) +1,286 / -1,284

Monday... 13.33 miles at an 8:28 pace.
Elevation Gain (ft) +858 / -857

Elevation Profile of the Flying Pig vs Hatfield McCoy

The Hatfield McCoy marathon does not look impossibly daunting of a task...
Granted:
1) Flying Pig was 6:30am vs. Hatfield 7:30am start
2) May 4th was unseasonably cool.
3) June 14th is 6 weeks closer to the heart of summer.

Obviously, the noise/granularity of the Flying Pig elevation map exaggerates the elevation totals, or vice versa, but Hatfield/McCoy still looks about even with the Flying Pig.

Flying Pig Elevation change +3,402/-3,337 ft (MotionBased Gravity Web elevation)



Hatfield McCoy Elevation change +3,186 / -3,175 ft (MotionBased Gravity Web elevation)

Note to self: 46 steep, hilly miles, too fast, in 5 days is bad.

Registered for the Hatfield McCoy Marathon.

5:20 AM 12 mile run on Thursday.

Training Log Link



Not too many car fumes at 5:30am. Ran a sub-7'30" mile beginning at the westernmost part of the route (the Stillmeadow Loop). The first part of the mile was uphill, and I had nothing left after completing the mile in under 7'30". I labeled the run an easy run, but an 8'30" average mile for 12 miles is not really easy run territory for me.

I was supposed to stay quite a bit closer to 8'50" pace, but I felt a serious lack of punishment from racing or intervals.

The scale at home weighed me in at 156 lbs after the run.

Rural/Suburban 2-lane Road Saturday morning before 9am

Not a bad section of course early on a Saturday morning. Very few cars out at all.

Second week after the Flying Pig.

Monday's run felt pretty good, but seemed to run long by the last two miles.

Proof than I do not control my pace well on an "easy run". - Tuesday's run was nice because it was outside, but I did not keep my pace under control, and probably canceled out its effect as an easy run. Started with outside foot pain (3 out of 10). Knees, back, and hip felt tight (4 out of 10).

Tried to run a 4 mile tempo run @ 7'26" pace yesterday. Ran out of gas @ 0.8 miles. 8'38" pace for 6 miles. Knees, back, and hip felt tight again (4 out of 10).

Legs still need recovery, but pain is diminishing this morning.

I have lodging for the Hatfield McCoy Marathon... haven't registered for it yet.

Can't get the lead out.

The short morning run

Yes, I *ran* and got donuts. I'm sure more than one of them will show up on my calorie intake log.

Ran ~ 6.8 miles in the neighborhood. Granted, my first mile was a 7'30" pace, but I felt like running, especially uphill, was foreign to me. Staying near 9 minute miles was a challenge most of the time.

My achilles tendon has been tight/sore the last two days, but my knees are mostly ok. I know it's been less than a week, but my marathon pace seems like a challenge to hit, even for short runs.