Oxygen Deprived

After yesterday's easy run that turned out to be, well, not so easy and today's workout in the garden my legs are completely shot. When trying to keep my pace on the hills this morning my legs just wouldn't respond. I'd push and nothing!

We actually started off fast this morning and the first hill felt great, I was able to maintain a good pace and stay at the front of the pack. But shortly after I found myself struggling to keep up, especially on the hills. I felt like I was going slow but some of my splits still ended up looking really good (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th respectively).

8:58, 9:35, 9:09, 10:41, 10:33, 9:59 and 11:37 for the last .75 mi.

I think it was a combination of going out too fast and my weekly mileage as I'm already over 25 miles for the week (in 4 runs). Lately, my mileage has been down a little as I've been concentrating more on quality runs. But this week looks to have both quantity and quality as I'm planning a 10 mile run through the garden for this Saturday morning (actual race course). That will put me at over 35 miles for the week. It's been a while since I've broken the 30 mile/week barrier. My shins were also bothering me a little bit today but I'm hoping with tomorrow's rest day my legs will be fresh and ready to go on Saturday.