Hill Repeats Wednesday, 3/28/2018

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Yesterday, before work, I did 7+ miles of hill repeats. The workout is simple. Run up a half mile, then jog down a half mile. I took a scoop of Ucan about 1/2 hour before I left the house, but I couldn't find the container that I use to mix my tailwind. I could have taken straight water, but I was running out of time and tired of thinking about it, so I left with nothing.

My repeats were not as fast as they were last year. The first one was really slow (7:41). I think that I am going to attribute it to the cold. I wasn't as warmed up as I usually am, and it was really cold. The others were acceptable: 7:26, 7:29, 7:28, 7:36. During the last two repeats, the sun rose, and I was blinded running up the hill. I had 7 on the schedule, but after the 6th, I really needed to head home, because I was running out of time. I decided to use a hill on my route home to serve as my last repeat. The last repeat was steeper, slower and shorter (7:45).


I fully intended to run a double, but I was super tired. When I got home from work, I said to myself that I would lay down for a few minutes, and I fell asleep.  I slept all night as well. I've been very tired lately. It may be nutrition.

I will run easy this afternoon.  I'll report tomorrow on the miles.

Tuesday Hill Workout, 3/6/2018

I’ve been having some trouble the last couple of days, but I’ve got most of my mileage.  Yesterday, I accidentally set my alarm an hour late. I didn’t have time to do my entire run before work, so I split it in half and did a double for a total of 8.6.

Today, my alarm rang, but I didn’t get up.  I intended to do a double today, but, instead, I combined it all into one workout, doing a hill workout first and then a couple of easy miles after. I had to make dinner when I got home. I told myself that I would get a few more miles after dinner, but deep down, I knew that there was no way I was getting out the house again. Of course, I didn’t, but my miles are fine. I ran just a hair under 9, today.

The hill workout is tough.  If things go as planned, I will work my way up to ten repetitions.  Today, my goal was six.  The concept is simple. Run as fast as you can up, and, then, jog down—Repeat. I was pretty disappointed with my performance, but when I got home I looked at the data and found that, last year, my first hill workout was just about the same. I have to keep telling myself that the point of training is to improve.  I’m going to improve. The hill is .47 miles long.  The numbers are paces, not total minutes.

Skirt Sports Challenge

Skirt Sports has a challenge every month to write a Skirt Sports poem. I, generally, enjoy doing Skirt Sports challenges.  That is why I do them, but poetry is far out of my comfort zone. I’m positive that a second grader could write a better poem, but here is my acrostic poem about my favorite Skirt Sports Skirt.

Jette makes me feel…

     J ubilent,

     E nergized,

     T otally

     T itilated, & ready for an

     E scapade.

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Double Tuesday, 2/13/2018

I ran a double today, starting with 3.25 easy this morning.  After work, I ran .75 on the TM before heading to the track where I ran (6) 800.  I wanted to run them all under 3:30. Most were on pace. The recoveries were all a little long, but all the recovery laps were under 4:00.

The intervals were difficult.  Saturday ended a 52 mile week, Sunday I ran 14, Monday 11, and today a double.  I think I'm just worn out.

Easy Miles Friday, 2/9/2018

Finally, I have made up my miles and even made up the interval workout that I missed. I ran 10.5 miles today.  I started the run with seven 800s.  I was supposed to do six, but my fifth was a fail.  I was going uphill and couldn't keep the pace, so I did a 7th to make up for it.  My goal pace on a track would be 3:30, but I wasn't on a track.  I created a workout for my garmin to alternate .5 miles intervals with .25 mile recoveries.  One interval was a complete fail.  I gave up. Four were under 3:30.  One was 3:32, and the last was 3:35. My recoveries weren't too long, and I'm satisfied with the paces. 

I didn't have much to eat for lunch.  I did have a scoop of Ucan before I left, but I know it wasn't enough. I packed some tailwind, but I struggled for the 5 easy miles home. Those easy miles were tough, I'm looking forward to a no pressure trail run tomorrow.