15 miles tonight as I attempted to do the 1000m big workout. What a bust this was. I found out I'm don't have what it takes to do 1000m repeats. We have had three big 1000m workouts this summer and I only made it through one of them... However this has been one of the most physically challenging work weeks ever for me. So the odds of me doing a great workout tonight after a long couple days of working down in Mesquite were very low. I talked Mik'L into coming along on the bike. So we started up at the top of the trail where in comes out into the housing development by the river. I warmed up for 4.5 miles down to the restroom by the DC and had a potty stop then started the Tinman tempo of 2 miles. We hit that in 11:53 and that took us down by Bloomington GC and I had to "Go" again so we went down a little farther to the bottom of the trail to hit the porta potty. The I started the 1000's from there back up the trail. I hit the first one pretty hard trying to get a feel for how this would work as I just had to keep an eye on the garmin and stop when it showed .64- I hit the first one in 3:13. Then we worked up to a spot where Mik'L could sit while I did the rest of them up and back. I started the 2nd one and it felt hard as now it was dark and finding a pace was beyond me. I got pushed off the trail by three bikes who wouldn't share and all but stopped- but I finished on out to hit a 3:23. Now back down for the 3rd one. The trail was clear and I should be able to really start to roll... I felt like I was working my brains out and I hit a 3:25. That's all folks! I really felt like this workout was starting to do more harm than good and I was done. Did I ever mention how much I hate speed work? Well I do. We still had a good journey just to get back to the car and I stuck it into 7:00 min pace back up the trail. I was frustrated and mad but more than anything I was just wore out. I was glad to have Mik'L along side because it would have been too much for me to be down there alone and to have fallen apart like that. I don't think I'll ever start another 1000m workout again in my life. (Black Stratus- 183.5) | 