We had decided to just run easy this morning because of Steve's group tonight. So met at 6:30am at the Jr. Parkway Trail at 9800 So. Debbie, Michelle and Alan were the others there. We just ran nice and easy along the trail. I was practicing being less of a heel striker and more of a running on the toes, picking up the knees runner. It seemed to help, I felt a lot less stress in my hamstrings and the run was definitely more enjoyable than usual. I got out my book on Chi Running afterwards, seeing what tips I could glean from that. I think that is the perfect way you should run, it's just a matter of learning how to do it correctly. Any Chi Runners out there?
And then this evening we met with Steve at Riverton High and ran some 1000's. I kept my times and then erased them accidentally, but I think they were 4:31, 4:41, and then 4:34. We did a 400 and I remember my time on that was 1:47. I checked my running journal from last year and last August I ran 1000's at one of our workouts in 4:07, 4:05 and 3:56. So obviously I've lost a lot since last year. I'm not quite sure why, but I hope to get it back. We'll see. Besides the heat, it was a fun workout. We talked with Steve after about various running things and that was fun. I could tell you his max heartrate, but I won't. |