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03272018 – Running

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This morning called for 6×300. I wanted some hills so I headed back into the muddy and snow covered trails. A lot of the trails still have snow pack on the treadway with mixed places of mud. I think most of the snow will be gone after this weekend and then we’ll have to wait for it to dry out. 

I had to make a quick pitstop before starting the intervals! I also over estimated how far I would need for them and ended up being 2 miles from home at the end of the last one. Oops! 

I did the Garmin correctly this morning and was able to get the correct intervals. Some of them started at the bottom of a hill and at least one started right in the middle of a mud patch! 

The totals were 5 miles in 52 minutes.

Intervals were

1:27

1:38

1:57

1:41

1:41

1:40

03242018 – Running

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I took Amber (the puppy) out for the run this morning.  It was a relatively easy run 80% of last week’s 2 mile Time Trial. So the goal pace was 9:30.  That seemed slow and the pace felt reasonable throughout the run.  I actually kept running faster than that!

I tried out a new leash with Amber that actually went around my waist and it felt great to not need to hold the leash.  She did fairly well of not pulling too much on me, but it was annoying when she did.  I need to make it a little looser so it will slide around my waist better as she runs behind and around me!

We tried out some trails and they are getting closer to being snow/ice free but it was touch and go in a few places – almost falling down. Amber definitely didn’t help with that!  My overall 5K was 28:20 which is 9:08 pace.  So a little faster than I was supposed to, but it felt good overall. It felt comfortable throughout.  Some of the icy patches obviously slowed me down quite a bit, but like I said there weren’t a ton of them and for the most part they were short. I did decide not to try one trail as it looked pretty icy and was going to be uphill.

Total run 4.9 miles in 47:35.  I did almost a mile warmup and then my 5k ended about a mile from home.

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03222018 – Running

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Evening runs are definitely not my forte. But it was nice to run in the warmth of the sun! And in shorts!

I ran on a mixture of snow pack, ice, mud and dry pavement. In one case dry pavement disappeared into a muddy mess and a few steps later snow pack! That mixture made it a little more enjoyable. The 4×800 not so much!

I setup the workout in my Garmin, but then forgot to switch to it. Ugh. So the intervals and rest weren’t exact. I did get to mix in more hills with this run.

5 miles in 48:34

4×800

.64 – 5:27

.55 – 4:26

.47 – 4:36

.5 – 4:00

03202018 – Running

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A nice morning for a 9×200 meter workout. The snow was lightly falling and the trails were a mixture of clear pavement and ice! I covered most of the worst of it during my warm up. The compacted snow is really hanging on! It was about 30 degrees. Two of the intervals were on really nasty footing – one pretty much sheer ice and the other was a crunchy mess.

I didn’t use a metronome, but here are my splits:

1:00

1:03

0:58

0:51

1:11

1:11

0:48

0:51

0:49

With a warm up, cool down, and 2 minutes of rest this workout took longer than I expected. The training plan doesn’t have set parameters for a warm-up or cool down.

Overall it felt pretty good!

03172018 – Running

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Today was a 2 mile Time Trial. I wasn’t 100% sure that I would do the workout today as I was feeling a little burnt by 18.4.  When I woke up I actually didn’t feel too bad so I went for it.

I did some of the prescribed drills and then headed out into the 19f sunny morning. I did about a half mile warmup and then picked up the pace and kept going!  Well, I stopped to take a quick picture first, crossed the street and hit it!

I basically pushed myself as hard as I could for 2 miles.  The challenge is still all the melting snow leaving frozen streaks and sections of sidewalk.  I didn’t fall, but definitely had to slow down at times to stutter step across the ice. It felt appropriately challenging!

My mile splits were:

8:05

7:21

so my 2 Mile TT was 15:26.  Not too shabby given my lack of run training and being tired from a hard workout last night.  Here are the pictures I took before and after the TT.