Emily's training blog

I was so tempted to roll over and go back to sleep this morning, but I dragged myself out of bed and out to the Oval for a track workout.  It's difficult to move fast at 5:30 in the morning, but I'm glad that I am finished now. 

I warmed up three miles, and then ran 4 800's, 4 400's , and 4 200's.  I was going to finish with the 200's, but I thought they would be good as a part of my warm up to get me going, so I ran them first, with a minute recovery in between.  The 800's had a lap jog recovery in between, and the 400's had a ninety second recovery in between.

200's:  37, 38, 38, 39

800"s:  2:44, 2:44, 2:43, 2:45

400's:  78, 77, 79, 79

I ran a mile and a half cool down to bring my mileage to nine. 

I made friends with the jogger girls today.  It's easy to be friendly when they tell you how fast and skinny you are.  Who doesn't love to have their ego stroked?

I'm feeling ugh-ish this morning.  My legs definitely feel yesterday's speed workout.  My calves didn't like running in racing flats.  They are sore today.  But, the morning run is done, and now I can enjoy Valentine's Day.  (If by enjoy I mean helping patrol a pre-school Valentine's party filled with 25 4-year-olds hopped up on sugar.)   Sigh.  Where did the romance go?

I woke up this morning with a queasy stomach.  It didn't go away during the run, so I shortened my workout a bit.  I went to Sugarhouse Park this morning to get in a little bit of rolling hills.  I warmed up with a big outer lap, which was a little tricky to navigate in the dark. Then, I ran 10 x 1 minute on/off.  I had planned on 15-20, but wasn't feeling so well.  My legs felt great, though.  I cooled down with another outer lap. 

I liked having a mid-week run with a little turnover.  The workout is easy enough that it doesn't kill you, but still gives you a little speed. 

Teren gave me a new i-pod for Valentine's Day, so I had fun trying it out this morning. 

I warmed up three miles and then ran a 30 minute tempo run.  I ran 5.11 miles for thirty minutes.  Then, I cooled down 3 more miles. I felt pretty good for my first extended tempo run in a while.