Met up with George and Justin Mock this am at the Fairview track at 6:30. George warmed up, but is nursing a calf strain and was not in a position to do a workout. Turns out Justin wasn't feeling too motivated since he ran a hard 13 yesterday in like 6:13 pace avg. And I wasn't jumping out of my skin to start running 5:30 pace this morning either, so we just jogged. Then George stopped and Justin and I kept jogging, and then after 4 miles or so we decided to throw in a few 'strides' of 200 meters. And I can't resist opening it up on a 200 meter, so, much to Justin's surprise I passed him on the first one and did it in 30 sec. Then we did 200 m jog, then 3 more 200's on/off. Did them in 30, 31, 32, 31. That 3rd one I was already starting feel it. Ouch. That was a shock to the system. Going from 7 ish pace to 4 min. pace right away like that shocked my heart/lungs. It took me a good mile of jogging after those before the nausea went completely away and I felt normal again. I like doing those after I have eased into them by doing a bunch of 5:30 pace stuff. That was too quick too early for my liking. So, kind of a wimpy workout today, but whatever. It was nice running with George and Justin. I'm glad I got at least about 6K of vertical in this week already, and another solid speed workout on Tuesday so I can chill this weekend in flat Houston. | 