I had a nice week of training this week. For my short run, I did a treadmill fast pace. My eight mile middle run was a difficult, hot, boring YMCA run. Saturday, I woke up to pouring down rain and wind. By the time I started on the Fish Lake trail, the weather had turned to hail. The Fish Lake trail is a little deceiving, because it is a little bit up hill on the way out from town. I ran at my normal 9 minute mile on the way out, but was able to do 8:20 per mile on the way home. I am a horse to the barn kind of guy, so when you add a tailwind to downhill to almost done with my long run, I tend to stride out a little more. All in all, it was a great week, and I am feeling good going into the last three long runs of training. Next week, instead of 16, I am going to do the Rock Creek Ramble orienteering event. Chad and I are doing the 4 hour version, so I am sure that I will get my 16 miles in.
