Speed Training...
I'll keep this short and simple for all y'all campers out there...
Work sucked. (but really, is that a surprise?) I was in a "blah" mood for the vast majority of the day.
Came home...changed...dashed off on the el to get some speed training work in.
1st warm up "jaunt"... 3/4 of a mile...8:16
followed by a myriad (ya know...I really like that word...it's a pretty, flowery, all "intellectual" not used in everyday verbiage kind of word)...where was I? oh yah....a myriad of form exercises that probably spanned another half mile mile or so.
followed by a timed mile. now it was SUPPOSED to be a timed 5k. but the weather was so wicked hot the coaches bumped it down to a mile. So in the blazing heat and nastiness, I did an 10:58 mile. Which for me, is GREAT!!! We weren't supposed to go balls to the wall or anything...just a comfortable pace. The coaches are going to use this time to help us make sure we're training at the right pace. One of these days I do want to go out and just go all out on a mile and see how fast I can get that sucker. But not any day in the near future, mind you.
Post-timed mile we did a cool down mile...I didn't set my watch. It felt nice to just relax and go slow.
And that was that. I was silently thankful today was not a fartlek day...that surely would've been the end of me.
So now I'm at home...raiding the cupboards for something to eat (which...there's nothing appealing, so I may go ahead and ruin ye olde nutritional diet and get myself one of those 59-cent cheeseburgers that McDonalds is doing today). Nothing says "hooray for speedwork" quite like scarfing down a big mac and fries (oh who am I kidding, I hate big macs).
What's new with you crazy kids?
Ooooh...before I forget...a buddy of mine in NYC decided that it's time he started blogging about his training (amid other debauchary). Go over and show ebg some love. He's good people and training for the NY Marathon.
Peace.
Work sucked. (but really, is that a surprise?) I was in a "blah" mood for the vast majority of the day.
Came home...changed...dashed off on the el to get some speed training work in.
1st warm up "jaunt"... 3/4 of a mile...8:16
followed by a myriad (ya know...I really like that word...it's a pretty, flowery, all "intellectual" not used in everyday verbiage kind of word)...where was I? oh yah....a myriad of form exercises that probably spanned another half mile mile or so.
followed by a timed mile. now it was SUPPOSED to be a timed 5k. but the weather was so wicked hot the coaches bumped it down to a mile. So in the blazing heat and nastiness, I did an 10:58 mile. Which for me, is GREAT!!! We weren't supposed to go balls to the wall or anything...just a comfortable pace. The coaches are going to use this time to help us make sure we're training at the right pace. One of these days I do want to go out and just go all out on a mile and see how fast I can get that sucker. But not any day in the near future, mind you.
Post-timed mile we did a cool down mile...I didn't set my watch. It felt nice to just relax and go slow.
And that was that. I was silently thankful today was not a fartlek day...that surely would've been the end of me.
So now I'm at home...raiding the cupboards for something to eat (which...there's nothing appealing, so I may go ahead and ruin ye olde nutritional diet and get myself one of those 59-cent cheeseburgers that McDonalds is doing today). Nothing says "hooray for speedwork" quite like scarfing down a big mac and fries (oh who am I kidding, I hate big macs).
What's new with you crazy kids?
Ooooh...before I forget...a buddy of mine in NYC decided that it's time he started blogging about his training (amid other debauchary). Go over and show ebg some love. He's good people and training for the NY Marathon.
Peace.
posted by Iron Jayhawk at 8:07 PM
13 Camper Comments:
See how speedy you are?! And how do you feel? Great I presume!
Its nice to keep track of the miles then go back and look at them as the years go on.
Cheers
Rice
Cheeboogie cheeboogie cheeboogie..no coke, pepsi.
Our Saturday morning run is with Chicago Roadrunners and it's training for the Chicago Half on Oct 2nd. This Saturday is 7 miles in the Africa heat. :)
Oh...and what happened to the pics from Sunday?
sounds fab-u-lous! both the workout and the cheeseburger!
and honestly, a 10:58 miles would be lightening fast for me
Barb, Sounds like you did awesome!
Work sucked for me today, too. It has to be this weather. Great job on the mile time! Those few seconds before the minute are always so motivating!
I like the word "myriad".
Nice work on the 10:58'er.
Going "all out" on a mile sounds cool, but my 5k last night about killed me.
Nothing like a nice run to get past a sucky day at work...and extra bonus points for the word "Myriad"
Yeah on the speedy mile! Great job!
Nice mile! The heat saps your speed, so imagine how great you'll be in the fall! And I'm so happy for you about your test results, what a huge relief.
Congrats on the speedwork.. and on resisting McDonalds.
I was more impressed with "verbiage" than myriad: Such a word wizrd as well as a speed demon!
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