This past week was light. Mostly because I travelled to western Mass over the weekend and was not able to fit in the running with Mother's Day. Otherwise, I did speed work with easy runs in between. The first day of speed work was really tough. Some days you just don't have it - maybe I warmed up to quickly, or did not stretch enough. Perhaps my body just did not have the energy. Either way, I kept with it, running 7.5 miles with extensive "speedwork" making up the most of it. I felt much more spry on the second day of speedwork.
Monday: 3.5 miles easy, stretch run
Wednesday: 7.5 miles (2 x 1200, 1 x 800, 1 x 400, 1 x 200, 6 x 100m strides)
Thursday: 7.0 miles with 5 hills including a 1 mile long monster hill
Friday: 6.0 miles (4 x 400, 4 lactate sessions, 4 x 200, 6 x 100m strides)
I want to run a baseline 5K next week, but want to get a good strong week in, first. I will target a Lowell 5K on Tuesday evening. My goal is to try to maintain a strong race pace so that I can work on my endurance and speed in the final mile.
Speaking of endurance, this week, in addition to my training, I will be participating in the BayState Bike Week, where we are trying to replace driving miles with biking miles in our commute. Though it is only 10 miles each day, it will work my heart and my legs (biking is hard - how does AJMac do it?). I will be very tired by the end of the week. So, I will look forward to a rest on Monday and then a race on Tuesday.
Just a word to my friend AJMac. 19:51 is still productive. Be not discouraged; be not dismayed. You may not have met your goal this week, but there is the next week or the next time. And you are right, the weather is out of your control. Remember, your lungs and legs are now stronger for it.
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Ride 'em bike boy!
Thanks for the encouragement. We all await the results of your race next week.
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