Pictures added and my week (and more) in review

Well I didn't make it as an official blogger for the Cleveland Marathon and I see why.  Those blogs the winners write are very detailed, lots of pictures and all kinds of good info to read.  I guess I'll have to step up my game.

:-)

So my latest runs...

Over the past 13 days including tomorrow, I ran 8 "normal" runs for me and 2 long runs which are my weekend runs.  All the normal runs were 5 miles or so and the two long runs were 10 and 13.1 miles.  I felt good, had good times and was glad to put in the work.  The way I figure it, every step I take is a step closer to a quality Cleveland Marathon finish.  By quality, I mean finishing in a good time (which I won't share my definition of that just yet) and not cramping up or feeling like I'm glad the race is over.  I want to finish strong and feel I did my best.  Makes sense right?  Yep!

So here are the miles and the times:

5 in 39:26

5 in 39:35

Day off

Sunday 12/9 was a long run of 13.1 - 1:49.33

5 in 42:10

5 in 39:42

Day off

5.34 (bad math or I would have run just 5 ;-) in 41:23

5 in 39:32

Day off

10 in 1:22.08

5 in 40:25 and yesterday

5 in 37:37

I selected today to blog to publish my proud moment.  I may have written this before but I'm very anal about recording my time.  I keep record of miles, time, my weight and any other exercise notes I feel important.  I actually have 3 places I log this information.  That's anal right?  Anyway, I had a really good time last night for my 5 miles.  I checked my "notes" and discovered this is my fastest 5 miles ever!!!  7:32 or so per mile.  Each mile was under 8:00 and they all got successively faster.  I think I ran well because a) the temperature was cool and b) it was getting dark and I wanted to go home and not run into any wild beasts.  :-)  I run at work in the metroparks.

Tell me about your best runs?  What caused them?