In the spirit of the post-season that is going on around me I decided to run a hard workout today. My high school alma mater brought home two trophies and four individual all-state medals from the 1A state cross country championships last weekend and the D-1 regional cross country meets were taking place this morning.
I ran a warm-up around the neighborhood and drove to the middle school track in the drizzle and wind to do another mile of accelerations before ditching the jacket and putting on my vest for a 3200 meter time trial. The temps were in the mid-30s with winds about 16 mph out of the NW with gusts in the 20s. Add a nice drizzle/sleet to the mix and it was a fun time.
I decided to see how 1:35s felt and had at it.
Here are my splits:
1:36.10
1:37.36; 3:13.46 (3:13.46)
1:36.35; 4:49.81
1:35.76; 6:25.57 (3:12.11)
1:35.24; 8:00.81
1:35.63; 9:36.44 (3:10.87)
1:34.75; 11:11.19
1:30.90; 12:42.09 (3:05.65) (6:16.52)
1:35s felt okay after easing into them the first few laps. I got a little uncomfortable the last 600 meters or so but nothing too bad. I think I could have clipped off 1:35s for a few more laps before vomiting.
I'm going to run the Jingle Bell 5K to close out my season next Saturday and more than likely will not race again until Adam is a few months old late next spring or early next summer.
Hopefully we will have a house in the Decatur area before he comes along, I hope they have a few decent races.
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Sounds like a nice work-out. I ended up running the Frostbite course +2 this AM. Want to talk about miserable... wind, rain, snow, cold!!!
Anyway, good luck at the Jingle Bell next week. I'd love to run one more 5k before the end of the year but I have a 19 miler scheduled that morning.
Lance
My motivation this fall has been sub-par. I've used my watch on a run only twice in the last six weeks and that is counting today. I just get out there and go.
When and where is your marathon?
January 18... Arizona Rock-n-Roll. I figured if I was going to put myself through that much pain, I'd at least try to find a fun one.
As of today, I am half way through the program... 9 more weeks to go. My goal is 4 hours. I have my good runs and bad but overall I am very satified to date.
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