Watching the sunrise

I had a super workout today! I have to say that today's workout gives me a ton of confidence heading into the last month until Boston. I woke up at 6am to get an early start on this key workout. I was able to drink 1 1/2 cups of coffee and eat one waffle before I began. I watched a little tv (music videos) and played around on the internet a little while I waited for my food to settle. I started running around 8am.

I did the entire workout on my treadmill to make sure that I was on pace. It is just too hard in Anchorage to do this type of workout outside because of all the ice. It was just barely getting light when I started and I was able to see a beautiful sunrise over the mountains.

Here it is:

3 mile warm-up

15 miles @ MP
mile 1: 6:07
mile 2: 6:07
mile 3: 6:07
mile 4: 6:03
mile 5: 6:03
mile 6: 6:03
mile 7: 6:00
mile 8: 6:00
mile 9: 6:00
mile 10: 5:56
mile 11: 5:56
mile 12: 5:56
mile 13: 5:52
mile 14: 5:52
mile 15: 5:52

2 mile cool down.

Total: 20 miles

I have to say that I'm really happy with it. I started off easy just like I would in a race and gradually picked it up a little. In all honesty the last 6 miles felt the easiest. I felt like picking the pace up a little for the last 3 miles, but resisted the urge because I wanted to really absorb this workout and be prepared to keep my high mileage for the next 2 weeks.

Here is my mileage for the week:

3/8- 11 miles (6am/5pm)
3/9- 12+ miles (6 X 1000m @ 5K pace w/ 2min. rest)
3/10- 15 miles
3/11- 10 miles (6am/4pm)
3/12- 16 miles (12am/4pm)
3/13- 7+ miles
3/14- 20 miles (15 @ MP)

Total: 91 miles

Here are a couple items from last year's race.