Up tempo

August 22

12mi, 1:19: An up-tempo/definitely threshold 10mi at around 6:15 pace in the midst of a run to the Mazama Farmer's Market. After two day's off at the beginning of the week (laziness in the midst of early taper/workload temptations) I felt antsy and decided to run a little faster for the first time in a long while -- since the TVR and the Mazama 10k even. I don't know how this matters/factors in to the Wasatch training, but it felt good enough, so I'll call it a success :) (a5)

Week: 5omiles. The taper officially begins! Really happy to have climbed back out of the hole created by White River. 3 weeks out my body is feeling pretty recovered and happy to be out longer or running a little faster again. Running after this week's longer run felt MUCH MUCH better than the agonizing 34 minutes on August 12 (post 4 hrs on Cutthroat). Time is working in my favor it seems, but backing off for a while also seems to have been as effective as it was necessary. Into the 40's and below as we go...

August 19

12mi, 1:39: Mission accomplished! Mileage today gets me back to 50 again for the week -- for whatever that's worth. The run felt pretty good and it actually rained (!!!) for most of the time. It's been at least 2 years since I've had the pleasure to run in such conditions -- it just doesn't happen that often around here. Good stuff. (v)