Got a late start this morning and felt like heading to fairview for some 400's. But I didn't feel particularly motivated, so I figured I would warm up and start going and see what I felt like doing. After warming up I felt pretty good so I decided I might do 4 sets of 4 x 400 m repeats in the mid 70 range. But after the first 2 sets I really wasn't motivated enough to keep doing the other 2 sets, and I got distracted after the 2nd set talking toTyler McCandless about his 6th place 2:17 at the California international marathon on Sunday. Congrats to him on a solid debut in the marathon. I did do a couple more 400's after chatting with him for a bit, just to round out the day at 10 of them. I went out too fast on each set, and that might have contributed to me wanting to end it early. I enjoyed it though, and it felt good to get out and spin the legs a bit faster. I just wasn't too in the mood for really pushing myself hard for a long time today. I did a cool down with Sara Vaughn and Jay Johnson as they were finishing up Sara's workout at the same time, cool to chat with them for a bit. Looks like Jay is going to be joining me at the red hot 50K as his first 50K this feb. Also chatted with the Slattery's a bit before they started Sara's workout. Sara Slattery and Sara Vaughn are racing on the Boulder Running Republic team with Nan this weekend at the club national XC champs. Should be fun to see how they do. Here were my splits for the 400's: 74, 76, 77, 75, 72, 76, 76, 76, 73, 73 9 miles total for the morning. | 