runography

No training updates since last Tuesday, so what have I been up to? I’ll try and be brief, but there is a lot to mention:
Thursday:

Easy Run of 5.85 miles @ 9:18 min/mi – pre-marathon relay run – I was supposed to be doing a 9 mile long run, but figured I shouldn’t run that far [...]

I went out yesterday to do another tempo run. My program has me down for:

Tempo Run
Dist: 7mi, inc
Warm; 5mi@8:25; Cool

As I set out (solo this time) I was feeling worried that I’d struggle, partly because I was out solo, and partly because I was knackered from the weekend.
I did the warmup mile and then started [...]

We didn’t pick a good day to decide to go out and do a marathon tempo training run with John.
Target for me was:
5 miles @ 8:20 min/mi
+ whatever recovery distance I could add at the end, but at least a mile
MHFS Training Program Target for today:

Long Run
Dist: 8mi
@9:47

Result:
6 miles @ 8:19 min/mi ( decided to [...]