"In Mourning" Fartlek...
SO, took Drew back to Adams State yesterday. Plan was to drive up, get in a run, have lunch and drive back. Got sidetracked by one of Drew's teammates before we even left the house. Apparently he (another Drew) was coming back from the UK and needed a ride. he was not clear that he was, in fact, in England at the time of the request, so we waited for quite a while before he made contact again. To make matters worse, there are 3 Drew's on the team and when they all start texting, noone can figure out which Drew is Drew...
Long story short, got out much later than anticipated and saw that the weather at 8000ft was taking a turn for the worse. Scrambled to get off the mountain and the drive took 6 hours to get home (versus 3.5). Wrapping up--did not run yesterday and feel very tight from being in a car for almost 10 hours. UGH...
SO, I am in mourning again--certainly miss the little bugger already...
About the workout--Fartlek day moved to today (v tomorrow) cuz snow is due to hit the foothills right around practice time tomorrow. Took advantage of the 50 degree weather. 2 mile warm-up + drills/stretching.
3-2-1 fartlek (3 mins hard, 1 minute EZ, 2 mins hard, 1 min EZ, 1 min hard, 1 min EZ) 3 sets + 18 minutes of solid work. Short d guys had 5 min additional warmup and then straight in, whereas my long d guys (& Kara) had an additional 2 mile w/u before beginning. I opted to do some "marathon pace" fartlek, as my bum was sore from my race on Saturday...and I think my legs were just tight in general from the ride.
2 mile w/u @ 8:00
3-6:59
2-6:52
1-7:03
3-6;49
2-6:51
1-6:46
3-6:42
2-7:03
1-6:42
Paces jumped around quite a bit (I'd like to say that it was due to terrain, but really I just was not focused today...) 5.5 averaged out to be 7:42 pace so not ALL bad...
2 miles cool down REAL slow
Meeting with Matt Hajny tomorrow (adult marathoner/trail runner that I coach that even after breaking his ankle and having surgery to keep the darn thing together with screws placed in, suffering a non-related bike accident and food poisoning just 2 weeks before, still managed a 2:47 at Disney, placing 17th!!). We are going to plan our year of races and will decide on a marathon. Any ideas? looking for cheap and fast!! |