Craig Hudman - Simply Live

AM - 7 Easy run with Nikki. Legs are feeling much better. Nikki and I had a conversation about how most people feel like they should've run faster in their races. I reflected a little on that and I am still in a little shock that I ran that time. I might be able to argue over a few seconds here and there but I also ran a lot of miles faster than I had anticipated, so with that I think I put forth my best time based on where I am right now, which makes me pretty happy.

PM - 6.1 Picked tempo up a bit legs still sore but held pace pretty good finished up last mile at MP. Nice hot day. 6.1/41:20/6:47

The wind and all around nasty weather put me at the gym today. I decided to try and do a MP run and see how it went. It ended up being a touch difficult but manageable. Isn't that how it really will be?? Anyways I'm feeling pretty strong still after the half and with the reduction in miles I wanted to make sure I'm running some good quality runs. Warm up 1 mile at 7 min, MP 13 miles / 6:27 overall 14/1:31:01/6:30

Just the faithful running companion Hutch this morning. Nikki wouldn't get up so I probably ran this recovery run a touch too fast. 1 mile at HMP going down hill because the dog was acting like he was on crack this morning. I guess he was "feeling" it and so I had to ran faster than I wanted.

Didn't want to run today so I figured out I'd do a work out I wouldn't like anyways. Warm up / Cool Down to and from track, couldn't see the point driving. I also some how ended up wearing the heaviest shoes I have to the track. It felt like I was running in cement boots. I really don't like my Triumphs that much. They do provide good support but are just heavy and stiff. I know it wasn't that smart. Guess it was just the day.

Track workout

4x1200 4:34, 4:34, 4:35, 4:33 (1:00 rest)

4x800   2:58, 3:01, 3:02, 3:02 (1:15 rest)

4x400   1:26, 1:26, 1:25, 1:24  (1:30 rest) 

Yesterday was a rough one. I think I tried to sleep as much as I could. Just plain wore out. 

Ok, so this morning didn't go so well. The plan was to run with my wife. It ended up being my wife, her friend and two dogs. From the start the dogs were driving my crazy and then by mile 4 the pace fell so slow I was coming out of my skin. So I did what anyone else would do... I left them around mile 5. Now at this pint I was pretty ticked off so I ran fairly hard. I'm figuring by effort I was MP or below, might have even been HMP but since my garmin stopped (lost satellite signal) 1 mile into the run I'm not sure. As soon as I walked in the door the phone rang. It was my wife, asking me to run back and meet her to make sure the new neighbor great dane puppy, who's becoming increasingly aggressive, didn't bug her. So I put on a smile and ran back. Now this is where it gets a little bad. They started asking me why I left them and my mouth said (I think my brain just gave into it at this point) "because you guys slowed down so much I couldn't handle it, you're normally not that slow ". Now I'm in trouble and my wife is mad at me because I'm always grumpy. I'm thinking hey that will never happen again. If friends show up I'll go one way and let them go the other. Nikki runs soooo much better with out her friends. She's really a lot tougher and faster than she thinks but you get her with another woman and it just gets ridiculous for some one like me to run with in a group.

Early morning run with Jeff. The group was pretty much out in full force, except for Gray who wanted to meet at 6:30, guess he needed his beauty sleep this morning. I've had those days. Jeff and I needed a bit faster pace this morning so we left the group from the start. Started out good then started rolling along. Pace was pretty good, middle miles we were hitting a solid aerobic pace then we backed off a touch to see how we could finish the last three. So, we turned around and took off. 1st mile seemed pretty fast and I had to dial the second down (Jeff kept going strong) quite a bit and finished with a decent last mile. Jeff was really strong throughout. It was great to have someone to run this with. Good run and effort a couple weeks out.