Doug's Running Thingy

After a good day of getting the house, and the yard, and the bills, and the maclayrunners.com website back in order after a couple days out of town, I popped up to the track for a little workout.  Ran 2.25 warmup on the ravine trail before a pyramid of 200 (32), 300 (50), 500 (96), 300 (49), 200 (29).  All but the 500 were right on goal - was hoping to go 90 seconds on the 500, but just didn't have it.  I may have short-changed myself on rest before that effort as there were several people at the track and I was trying to work it so I wouldn't have traffic - ah well.  Two barefoot laps cool down and then it was back to the house for breakfast dinner - always great.

Hill work in the neighborhood again this morning - and a lovely morning it was.  Ran 2.25 warmup averaging just over 7 minute pace.  Ran 4X200 meter hills with 500 meter jog rest.  Best effort yet on this hapnin little workout - 42, 39, 38, 37.  Garmin reports that the rise is 50 feet across the 200 meters... about 8% grade for you col du tourmalet riders.

Couple good miles (7:11, 6:56) this evening on the way to pick up daughterchild's car at the shop - I do love being within 5 miles of everything.  Circuit training and stretching back at the house afterward.  Need to get more consistent on the thrice-weekly circuit training, and more dedicated on core/stretching/yoga.  My self-diagnosed "sportsman's hernia" has been nagging at me since cranking up the track work again - swell.