Month: November 2010

I’m late posting, but this happened on Saturday:

5.3 miles nonstop (treadmill, due to end-of-days-style rain) in 60 minutes

First 5 miles in 56:45

• Miles 1 & 2: 11:30 pace
• Mile 3: 11:00 pace
• Mile 4: 10:50 pace
• Mile 5: 11:00 pace
• Last 0.3: 11:30 pace

I ran like a granny for the last half-mile or so due to knee ouchiness. But the knees felt surprisingly good most of the way through, probably because of the easy pace. It was quite an enjoyable/sweaty run.

Stopping was also enjoyable.

The run was followed by my dad’s engagement dinner, where I devoured the following: bread, Caesar salad, giant pancetta-wrapped scallops, some kind of orzo side, some sort of devil cake that was completely drenched in Bailey’s and two grapefruit mimosas.

It was a solid day.

I realized about halfway through today that not a single part of my body hurts from last night’s workout. In fact, I feel pretty darn good. My left knee is surprisingly pain-free. My obliques seem to have outsmarted the rusty switchblade jabs.

I’m reading Dean Karnazes’ book, Ultramarathon Man, on the bus right now, and he writes, “If it comes easy, if it doesn’t require extraordinary effort, you’re not pushing hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like hell.”

Well, OK, Dean. Time to look for a new way to get my ass kicked.

I just remembered that I ran the Pumpkin Push at a 9:24 pace, so maybe I lied about the whole 1.5 miles at 9:31 being some sort of record for me.

But the Pumpkin Push was full of bursts of walking, so I don’t really count that. Continuous running was what I meant. E-hem.