Saturday, October 21, 2006

Hi, I’m fatigue, Have we met?

Running 10 miles doesn’t sound easy, but my base is 6 miles and I’ve trimmed that down to about a 9 1/2 minute pace on average.  Today my goal was to hit the 12 mile mark within 2 hours or less, and was on pace to do so until about mile 10.  I’m not sure if it’s my diet or if I’m just not acclimated to the distance, but there is a big difference between 6 miles and 10 miles.

Of course, one of the main issues is that I just don’t run more than 6 miles in one shot.  My body simply isn’t sure how to handle twice that distance.  As well, I shouldn’t be trying to go from a 6 mile base to twice that without slowly increasing my mileage each week.

So, having said that, I’m going to make 10 miles my long run, and add miles from there.  Incidentally, today was my 10 mile PR, and I was running a 9:45 pace overall.  Not bad, and certainly nothing to be disappointed about.  Let’s see what happens next week, and remember that every run doesn’t need to be a PR, even though today turned out to be one in disguise.