Week 6: 20 miles

The beginning of week 6 was spent in DC. I took an 8-hour train back to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, and jumped right back into the lazy life that is vacation month... that is, utter morning freedom followed by evening rehearsals that stretch late into the night.

Apr 5: 45min mod - we ended up running about 1.5mi in 12 minutes, then walked a little over 2.6mi home. We were tired from the long weekend run in Kansas.

Apr 7: 50min easy - did about 50min on a treadmill at 6.0-7.0 pace. Probably about 5.5mi total

Apr 10: 10mi conv - went to Frick Park and ran trails. I thought there was a 9-mi trail there (there's a trail called "Nine Mile Run"), but there wasn't (it's not finished). So I ran for 1:50:56, with two long walking breaks of 3min or so due to the INTENSE hills and the chewing of the Luna Moons (see below), figuring I had covered 10 miles in 1:40 or so. When I came home I looked up the trail guide and sure enough I covered just over 10 miles. Annoyingly, the trails aren't able to be entered on Gmaps Pedometer or Map My Run because they aren't on the city streets, and the satellite view is dense with trees. Grr!

Anyway, on Saturday's long run I tried these Luna Moons, which are electrolyte replacement in chewy gummi form. They were gross and stuck to my teeth. I did not like. I had to walk for like 5 extra minutes as I chewed and ran my tongue over my teeth and washed away the sticky sweetness with what little Gatorade was left in my bottle. I think I'll stick with Gu.