Recovery run 6 miles

I learned something new on Saturday. On long runs, for every mile you run you should take a day off. This doesn't apply to everyone. For example my great friend Will runs 20 miles some days even when not training for a marathon. He does not need to subscribe to this. I think a lot of it is due to the fact that he's been running since I met him back in 7th grade. His legs are used to it. Mine, however, are not. Not even close. So after we do a long run, like the 12 miles we did last week, or the 14 we do next week, we will be doing a shorter recovery run in the weeks in between. From now on our trianing will look like a saw blade. 12 miles, 6 miles, 14, 7, 16, 8, 18, 9 etc.

The run was pretty easy. I never thought I would say that about running 6 miles. But it was. Started off kinda fast. We were doing 8:50 pace for the first three miles. Much faster than the 10 minute pace I am supposed to be running. My heart rate monitor was telling me that I was definitely puching harder than usual. Our group quickly split up to into three sections. The uber fast who ran around a 8:50 for the whole 6 miles. I ran about a 9:20 pace along with this guy Mike who I met a few weeks earlier at a Griffith park training run. A few other people fell behind us and ran closer to the 10 minute pace that all of us in the pace group are supposed to be running.

to celebrate such an easy run, I did some errands and got ready to celebrate the wedding of my friends Miguel Nelson and Sherry Walsh. An amazing couple and an amazing night spent with great friends old and new.