Week 3 started off really well, but ended with some disappointment. My weekend 17-miler was cut short by a really nasty thunderstorm that was just way too close for comfort. When I left the house, the sky was ominously darkening and thunder rumbled in the distance. I told Lisa the route that I was headed and to come look for me in the car if the lightning got too bad and too close. I ran about 4.5 miles as the storm approached ever closer. The wind picked up and lightning was flashing with the crack of thunder less than ten seconds later. I ducked into a park pavilion for cover and thought that I could wait until the storm passed. I spent about 10 minutes or so running laps around the pavilion while I waited for the storm to subside. After 10 minutes, it really didn't seem any closer so I figured that I would continue on my way home in case Lisa was looking for me. She picked me up about three-quarters of a mile from the house. After we got home, I looked outside and noticed that the storm hadn't really gotten any closer so I went out and started running laps around my block so that I would be close to home if the storm got too close. It was very unnerving being out there with almost continuous flashes of lightning followed by loud cracks of thunder. I eventually acquiesced and realized that this run just wasn't going to get completed. It was dark and storming, and I had to get up for work the next day. I ended up running about 7.6 miles instead of the planned seventeen.
Tuesday 7/24: Speed Work 1200m, 1000m, 800m, 600m, 400m, 200m
Friday 7/27: 7-mile tempo run (1 mile easy, 5 miles at long tempo pace, 1 mile easy)
Saturday 7/28: 35-minute weight workout, 42-minute bike ride
Sunday 7/29: 7.6 mile run (scheduled to be 17-mile long run)
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