September 09, 2005
1:13:37/172
Approx. 16 km (10 mi) relatively hard, with a push at the end. Given how hard I ran, this may have been more than 16 km. Not sure.
I read in Higdon's book on running fast that trained runners can benefit from up to 4 hard sessions a week, so that's my 3rd. It felt okay. We'll see how the run tomorrow goes.
I made the mistake during winter training for the Lyon marathon of running my only 32 km (20 mi) run relatively hard, then not backing off right and not eating enough carbs during the taper. This time I'm not going to use the long runs for running hard, except perhaps 3/1 if I feel really fresh.
Posted by Mark at September 9, 2005 05:25 PM