Easy like Friday Mornin

Friday 5.0 miles/45:50/9:10 average pace

Easy run this morning just as the sun was coming up. I made sure to keep the pace very easy, which wasn't hard cause I was sleepy. *yawn* However, as I woke up and my legs loosened up, my pace got a bit faster with every mile. I ran purely by feel so only noticed when reviewing the data after my run. Here's the splits: 9:42, 9:24, 9:07, 8:59, 8:37. There's a symmetry and a pattern in those numbers that pleases me. I was also very pleased by the cool temperature (maybe 60 degrees).

Also:

Thursday BIKE 6.9 miles/31:38/13.1 MPH

Another easy ride, although we had some big headwinds along the way that made it a little tough. It was nice to get out though with Zach - I'm trying to teach him the whole hard/easy principle since he's really "new" to this whole endurance athlete thing in a way... He has been running for a while but was never super excited about it. Now that he's super excited about cycling, and is enjoying the short runs he does by himself a few times a week, he is basically following a hard/hard/hard/hard workout schedule. :D Not good! I think he is in danger of getting an injury if he doesn't ease up a little, so I like to go out with him and slow him down now and then. haha. I'm so nice.

Tomorrow I am doing a 15 mile long run rather than the 13 miles scheduled. Since I am doing the Tri in two weeks and missing that weekend's long run, and since I ran 13 miles last week with no problem (besides, um, falling down) I feel it will be better to do a longer one this weekend. I have made other small tweaks to the program but I am staying very true to the schedule in terms of key workouts, total mileage, etc..