Next Up

Well this week of training rounded out nicely. I had a great 3x1200m interval session, which was run in the heat of the afternoon, at just under 5:28 pace per mile. I also knocked out an 11 mile jaunt as the temperatures were getting to be over 80 degrees, and all in all hit my goal mileage for the week, 40 miles.
This will be the least amount of running I will do over the next six months. Next week the mileage goal increases by 5 miles and will remain that way for the next three weeks. This is still a base building phase, so we will see how it progresses.
The reason I was running those intervals at that pace was in preparation for my next race, The Harbor Town 5k. Run in Memphis' up scale riverfront community, it is kind of the kick off to the summer 5k events. It is more a less a party afterwords with free food and beer, a live band, and just a good time. The course has over 23 turns in it, so it is very exciting. I want to break 17:00 minutes there, as I feel this would be a great start. It has been many years since I went that low, but I have to be able to run quite a few 5k's in under that time if I want to be more than a spectator in Houston in 2012.
Today I also looked at where I was at last year as far as weekly mileage and I am almost 15 miles ahead of where I was. Truth be told, I will be averaging 5 more miles per week when I "start" my actually training for the New York Marathon. How this will fit with a 55 hour a week job, I have no clue, but it must at least be attempted. Blogging at times other than 1 am might help, but alas, gotta have a pay check :). Tomorrow is a day off, and then a good long steady run Memorial Day morning to work off all the calories from all the brat eating in the afternoon!