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This blog is about my running experience. I am not a physician, nutritionist or personal trainer. I am a runner. I do not know it all. I am only writing from my own experiences. I finished my first marathon on June 3, 2012. Who knows where my feet will take me next!
Showing posts with label cadence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cadence. Show all posts

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Fifty

I turned 50 earlier this year and I haven't minded a bit!  I wanted to hit 50 miles this week and that was much harder to accomplish, but I did it.

Sunday - Bike ride 8.73 miles in 43:53, 11.9 mph
Les has been coaching me on riding in an easier gear with a higher cadence.  It is suppose to take pressure off your muscles.  It seems unnatural to me, but I'm working on it.

Monday - Rest day

Tuesday - Ran 7 miles in 1:22:36, 11:49 pace.
I was going to do another 10k, but had absolutely no speed so I opted for a little longer.

Wednesday - Ran 8.1 miles in 1:44:59, 12:58 pace
Another trail run with some additional climbing.

Thursday - Bike ride 10.45 miles in 52:01, 12.0 mph
This was another easy road ride, continuing to work on cadence.

Friday - Walked 2 miles
I didn't want to do anything hard, but needed a couple of miles so I could hit my 50 mile goal.

Saturday - 13.13 miles in 2:23:58, 10:58 pace
This is my second half marathon this year.  I beat my pace from two weeks ago by 26 seconds a mile!  I tried not to start out too fast and I was able to maintain a very stead pace.
Also did a warm up walk of .62 miles.

Total
Running - 28.23
Walking - 2.62
Cycling - 19.18
Total  50.03