5 miles. Another very humid and still day for the track session. The good showing of 29 runners after a big group last week means runners are taking this speed thing seriously! We were not given a timed mile to run, but Paul shared that somewhere in his logbook, he did a workout in the … Continue reading All 29
Month: August 2017
5mi. I left the house at my usual time, and the walk out the back door was my hint: Today would be amazingly still and humid. True to that prediction, the warm up and intervals were all held in stifling humidity. No breeze at all, and the flag at the top of the newly-restored Benjamin … Continue reading Wall of humidity
5mi. The drive to track took me a longer time than usual. Military Trail is being repaved between PGA Blvd and Donald Ross Rd. So when I'm driving up, there are partially blocked lanes, guys picking up street cones and I seem to hit every nonsense red light even if there's no one there to … Continue reading 1 mph
5 miles - Today I wore John's track spike shoes to the workout. We watched the IAAF London World Championships, taking place in the rain. I wondered what that would be like, John reminded me he had his spikes in the closet - so why not try that route. This was my first time running with … Continue reading Track with spikes
5mi. It's uncommon to have a whole workout consist of just two intervals - but that was today. To be accurate, we started with a 100m strider, but past that, everything was all setup to alternate between the 200s and 700s. Like this - 1 mi warmup jog 100m w/100m recovery 200m w/100m recovery 200m w/100m … Continue reading Just two things