"Eternally in joy for a day's training on earth." ~Blaise Pascal

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

EZ runs never felt so good!

Wow---I wish I had really tried this before. Sometimes I'm just an idiot. The running is going better, my leg is showing some real signs of healing, and the EZ runs at about 8:00 per mile have been really helpful.

I know--I've preached it for years--EZ runs should be about 80% of your weekly mileage...but it's so hard to do! I get out there, get crankin', and the next thing I know I'm popping out fast miles...But if you keep doing that over and over, you're not really building--you're 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' and you're asking for trouble.

I'm up to about 6 miles per day--and really trying to slowly build back up (to around 12 per day). I hope to run the Memphis marathon this December, but we'll just have to see how I feel around October and November. I really hope so.

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