Gearing up

I am back in the grind of training again this week after having taken two weeks to chill out, drink beer, hang with my wife and kid and run some easy miles. I ran over to the high school track and did 3x(2x200 + 400). The intent was to run the 200s in 41 and the 400s in 84. My legs aren't used to running quite that fast and it was a shock to the system.

I ran a mile warm-up with 800 worth of strides and covered my first set in: 42.32(1:07), 42.99(1:19), and 1:26.62(2:27). I ran 200 m. recovery jogs after the 200s and a 400 m. jog after the 400s. I also ran them slow.

Set number two: 39.54(1:15), 41.48(1:17), 1:24.97(2:26).

Set number three: 40.64(1:17), 40.98(1:23), 1:24.60(2:12).

I cooled down with an easy mile, stretched out and ate italian beef and washed it down with some water and some peanut butter Oreos with Silk.

Last week I ran 27.75 miles and have covered over 1,000 miles for the year. Barring any illness or injury I am looking at running about 1,300 this year.