catchup

Friday, 6.3 in :49
Saturday, 6.6 in :52
Sunday, 12.8 in 1:38
Tuesday, 7.5(?) in :58

Painted into a corner, I accidentally slept in on Friday, but heroically
got the run in that night. I wanted to go for 8 miles on Saturday with
Silas, but he bailed early and I had to escort him home.

Combined, this turned my planned 10-miler on Sunday into a longer run
(one might call it a "long run"). I decided on a slightly new route,
south into Oakland with a lap around Lake Merritt. I decided to take
the lap, somewhere between 3 miles and 5k, at about marathon pace, or 7
minute miles; most of this lap was run while listening to the Mariner's
Revenge Song, twice (OMGOMG, I know I'm a little late to the game, but I
am now in love with the Decemberists after hearing that song). I wasn't
sure about the mile splits, but I ran this lap in 21:07, just as
planned. The wind was serious and I felt buffeted by the end as I
headed home.

I slept through my alarm on both Monday and Tuesday, so I found some
time to run from work on Tuesday. I headed up the Strawberry Canyon
trail, which was longer than I had calculated. I turned around after 32
minutes and came down at an imprudent pace that my legs are still
feeling today.

I felt too beat for my planned tempo run today; I should have switched
the schedule around and gotten some easy miles, but instead I slept in.
So now it's tempo on Thursday, easy on Friday, and 22 miles divided
unequally between Saturday and Sunday.