12.2 mile morning run up around new overpass and through Washington. Tried to stay loose and let the hamstring recover from yesterday's big workout. However by the time I got home it was pretty tight. Spent some additional time stretching it out when I got home. Saw James H. out taking care of business this morning. Seeing him got me thinking that there are a lot of people out running lately. The other morning when Dave, Logan and I did the 20 we saw people everywhere out running. I guess they are all finally getting ready for the marathon. Not to say that James hasn't been training because I know he's been working hard all year- but some of these people around town can train for a month and a half and then still go out and have a "with in reason" good experience on marathon day. (New Landreth 43.2) 5 miles this afternoon around the old school GS loop. It was hot out but the wind helped cool me off after I started to perspire. Plus the run was pretty short. I had a really monumental thought during this little run. My form is pretty jacked up. I think my fitness/ endurance are pretty good. Speed is hit and miss, but efficient/ smooth running is really my biggest weakness right now. On my Monday's workout during the last 2 mile tempo segment I was laboring to hit 5:48 pace and while I was running and trying to increase the pace I could feel my body all over the place running like I had size 14 feet. It does me no good to run 100+ miles a week and to do these killer workouts if I'm running like a clown. I remember somewhere around this time last year I found this really smooth, and efficient stride that seemed effortless and it was the key to why I ran as good as I did at the STGM. Then I was so jacked up after the marathon I lost it and really haven't ran the same since. Today I started to feel what I was looking for- don't ask me why it's taken all summer to get here but it has. I need to spend the next 6 weeks really "feeling the flow" so that I can hold a quality pace during the marathon. (Blue Stratus 445.4)
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