Week Nine 13.1 days until the Minneapolis half!

Wk	Dat	Mon	Tues	Weds	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
9	5/17 5/23	Easy Run Dist: 2 mi @10:17	Rest / XT	Speedwork Dist: 8 mi, inc Warm; 4x1600 in 8:14 w/800 jogs; Cool	Easy Run Dist: 2 mi @10:17	Rest / XT	Long Run Dist: 9 mi @10:17	Rest / XT	21 miles

Week nine looked the same as the previous few weeks, so I'm not typing that all out. I had two daily mile posts that pretty much sum up where I am, so I will cut and paste those.

From Wednesday:

Speedwork – 8.02 mi / 01:17 09:37 pace

This is what my little runners world plan had in store today:
Speedwork
Dist: 8 mi, inc
Warm; 4x1600 in 8:14
w/800 jogs; Cool

For some reason, I was super worked up about this particular workout (perhaps because I haven't run at such a pace since last spring's stress fracture). Chris gave me a very helpful pep talk last night, reminding me that it wasn't that far off the pace I had for last weekend's four mile race. I missed the mark on my first 1600, but am ultimately happy with the splits: 8:25, 8:05, 8:11, 7:59

I would really really really like to run a sub-two hour Mpls half marathon on June 6. I'm starting to think it's possible...

And from Saturday:

RUN

goodcharacter/marriage building nine – 9 mi / 01:28 09:44 pace

We started the run with a monster of a hill (much to my chagrin), then were four plus miles from the car when it started to pour. Just about the time we were good and soaked, Chris informed me that he' wasn't sure we were headed in the right direction. Hmmmm. Turns out we were, but the last four miles of this run were, um, interesting. Glad to have that one in the books.