12x300m Hill Repeats

Today was another staple of the workouts....Well at least for the next several weeks. After that they get harder. Guess that's why it's PROGRESS! Things are actually progressing very well. You know that you've made progress when you have an 'off' day.....And you still run fast. And that's just what today was. An 'off' day. First off....I didn't sleep real well. The temps here in Tucson have been record highs the last couple of days, and yesterdays morning run was 63 degrees at 5am. Needless to say, I overdressed...I had gotten through that, but when I woke up this morning, my stomach wasn't feeling all that great. Not like sick, but just not right. I went out for the run with the group anyways. My split times were equivalent with 2 weeks ago and I altered between 1:18 and 1:19 on each of the 12 sets. I really think that I could have gone faster, but I didn't want to push my stomach to where I'd end up throwing up. That's not the goal of the workout.

Afterwords, I decided a good cool down with the group was in order, and for once I ran with them. I don't know, but that mile+ actually felt pretty good and I ran really relaxed. I noticed that we were actually going at a pretty nice 8:30 pace. It was kinda funny, because I started having flashbacks back to my military days. We were in two rows running in formation at one point. I should broke out into one of the Jody's....Now that would have woke a few people up...

When I got home, my stomach still didn't feel right, so I took a couple of Pepcid, and I have to report, that I actually feel pretty decent. Hungry...but decent. Tonight, I'm going to break out my bike and to some nice and easy spinning on the trainer. I'm sure the wife will just LOVE that....but hey....I need to start getting my legs in riding shape too so that I can ride into work a couple of times a week once my sons football season is over. Tomorrow it's going to be a nice and easy jog through the neighborhood. Thursday.......4 miles of 30seconds fast....30 seconds not as fast....Whatever that means... :)

Until then....Train Hard and LIVESTRONG!!!

Another New PR!

This was an absolutely ROCKIN' weekend for running. You couldn't have asked for better weather at the 7am start, and I went balls out on our 2 mile time trial. This was technically the first time we've EVER run a time trial at this distance. Sure, we've done numerous workouts with 2 mile intervals, but realistically, they are not at the same level of effort. This was at your 5K race pace or a bit higher. It's quick and fast from start to finish. Leave everything you've got on the course, nothing less.

The course was on our normal path, but instead of starting at our normal meet place, we were a half mile further back. This gave us a nice point to point, slightly downhill, wind assisted course to run on. I didn't do my normal warm up jog, but I did a much more abbreviated version and went into some quick tempo striders in order to wake up the legs from my morning slumber. Once everyone was there, we all toed the line, and hit the course. I started off VERY FAST. I think the first quarter was 1:30, it was all a blur. My goal was to hang at the front as long as I could. And that I did for the first mile which clocked in at 6:38. From there, it was hold on and come in under 14:00 for a 6 sumthing per mile pace. Anything with a 7 would not satisfy my competitive fire. And hold on I did. I checked my pace every 200m mark on the road to make sure I was where I should be. And once I got the finish line in sight.....It became an all out sprint. I managed to get across the line in 13:25 which gave me a 6:47 second mile!!! That's ABSOLUTELY HUGE!!!! Think about it....3 weeks ago, I ran a 22:03 5K. Yes...22:03. Even if I slow to a 7 minute mile, I still come in at 20:25 with a tenth to go. That's a HUGE PR!!!! IN JUST 3 WEEKS!!!

So needless to say....My legs are back baby....and it's getting into the FUN time of the season!!!!!

Stay tuned for what's up NEXT..............................