I've tried to tone down the commentary on my half marathon training. However, I did put in a solid 12 miles this weekend in a run starting at the dog beach in OB (that's Ocean Beach for all you non-San Diegans) up through Sunset Cliffs, through the campus of Point Loma Nazarene University, to some historic graveyard and back. Although I made it, I seriously struggled and the pace was crawling (almost 10:00/mile pace). It is pretty depressing when you're trying to get in a good long run and know how slow you're running. Ugh.
Although I've found some quality running groups in the San Diego area, one in particular tends to favor huge hills in the middle of a long run (which I now realize I am not a fan of). Given that I'm training for a really flat half marathon, I can't decide if I'm going to continue torturing myself by participating in these hilly long runs, or wimp out and do flatter long run courses by myself. I just thought I'd whine about it on my blog for a bit.
I guess what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and I am able to pick up the pace on my flat runs a bit. Sunday I did a five mile recovery run at about a 9:00/mile pace (which felt like I was crawling) and this morning I did a mile warm up and then five miles at a 8:07/mile pace. Now I'm wondering if it would be possible for me to run the half marathon at a sub-8:00/mile pace. Hmmm...maybe I should keep doing the hilly long runs.
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