7.6mi, 59:44

Velocity Girl, "Labrador"
mewithoutYou, "January 1979"

WX at 0800: 62 (17), DP 62 (17), BP 29.45 (997), winds SW 17, intermittent rain, RH 100%

Odometer 1: 368.5mi

Z3-4.
Resting heart rate before start = 59

For four days of not running, I didn't have any excuse not to run fast.

One thing I had to consciously do was to belly breathe. This is based on something I was reading about max vO2 and how power output largely depends on the amount of O2 being processed. During my last two miles, I concentrated on attempting to cycle as much air as possible. That resulted in my fastest 2.5 split in about three months. It's not the times I was running in the fall, but once this physical fitness test next week is done, I intend to take a substantially different take on training for the summer.

I'm planning on running the 2006 Disney Marathon. In getting ready for the run, I need to massively ramp up the long runs so that I have the experience of physically running over twenty miles at a stretch. One goal before running the marathon itself is to do a longer run than 26.2 miles so that I have an idea of the mental resilience I'll need to finish a run of that length and pace.

And this is probably the last hard run before Wednesday. I'll probably do hard push-up and sit-up workouts through tomorrow, and taper for the test, which is Wednesday morning.

Splits
1.5 11:30 11:30 07:40
2.1 28:29 16:59 08:05
1.5 40:21 11:52 07:55
2.5 59:44 19:23 07:45 07:50