Met X-C team at Sugarhouse park. Most of them were pretty sore from weekend races, so they just had an eight mile run, plus hills afterward. I was planning to stay in the park to run a fartlek workout, but Bill talked me into running it out on the course that they were running. I warmed up 15 minutes and then ran 2 sets of 5 min, 3min, 2 min, with 3 min, 2 min, 1 min, recovery. We ran our usual cemetary route, with two loops around the cemetary. My total time for the eight miles was 55:12. (actually, this was a little past eight miles.) After the run we did 10 hills, and then a mile and a half cool-down for ten miles total.
I'm glad I'm getting used to ten mile days. I know I'm getting stronger . . . now to get faster!! I was definitely motivated by the performances at Des News this weekend. I am inspired by all those fast ladies to get back to that level of running. It's been a long time!! | 