Doug's Running Thingy

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Three easy miles with 4x120m striders in the middle.  Less than a month until local Senior Games track meet.  Plan on running the 400 and 800 to qualify for the State games in December.  Should make it no problem with a 75 in the 400 and sub 3 in 800.  Will be in much better shape by December to hopefully go sub 65 and sub 2:35 to qualify for next summer's National Games in Albuquerque.  We'll see.

1.5 warmup then 4x120 at goal 400m pace ish - 1.5 back to the house.  Bit of stretching, pushups, planks, squats

Three miles on the trails with the middle mile consisting of 4x1minute at goal 800 pace with full recovery walk - quite challenging at this point in my one month training schedule... feeling not at all like a runner physically, but loving life back out there

Mile warmup to my neighborhood half mile workout loop - 4x120 at 400 goal pace - 1.5 back to the house.

Mile warmup, 4x1 min on and 2 min off - goal 800 meter pace (~6 flat mile pace) - mile cooldown back to hous.  Finally unboxed my christmas present Forerunner 35 - functional interval feature, but I need to learn how to show pace during workout, if possible.  Reviewing the activity online shows me all over the place from 5:35 to 6:15 on the intervals.

Short intervals in the neighborhood and core, pushups, squats/lunges

"Long" intervals in the neighborhood - already feeling considerably better but not quite like a runner yet.

First track workout in 3 years, and it felt that way.  Wasn't much of a workout - just wanted to get a couple sessions in before March 3 track meet.  Warmup, 200 m at 37, 400 m at 1:32, 200 m at 39 - the 400 and the second 200 were a touch slower than goal, but all things considered I was more pleased than expected.  Will do the same little workout next Sunday and then hope for the best on the 3rd... I think the 400 in 75 will be cake, but the 800 in sub 3 minutes may be a challenge.

Warmup, 4x 160m at goal 400 pace, cool down - 2x 7-minute workout

Long intervals in the neighborhood - warmup, 4x1:30 at goal 800 pace, cooldown - Garmin reports that each interval was 6:10-6:20 pace - gonna have to do better than that

Couple easy miles in the hood - sore right quad for a couple days now so took it easy - have had hamstring issues many times but cant recall straining the upper outer quad - ah well

Warmup, 1 of planned 4x160m - right quad was fine until stressing it a bit on the first "sprint" - ah well maybe take it easy through the weekend and just plan on jogging the 400 and 800 next weekend

Mostly just easy running, but did throw in 4 easy striders with minimal tightness on the quad.  Did a bunch of walking over the weekend but no running.

Couple easy miles in the neighborhood and some core/upper body

Easy running in the neighborhood

Long morning at the track for the local Senior Games track meet.  I ran around shooting pics and warming up and "racing" the 400 and 800 and cooling down.  Mission accomplished as far as qualifying through to the State meet in December down at Clearwater High, and as far as not further injuring the leg - felt fine.  Ran under control and went 76 in the 400 and, 12 minutes later, went 3:22 in the 800.  Just need to drop 10-12 seconds for the 400 and 40 or so seconds in the 800 in December to qualify through to Nationals next summer in Albuquerque.