Emily's training blog

It's great when my husband is off of work and I can run later in the morning. Easy recovery today and probably tomorrow. I feel pretty decent after Saturday's harder effort, but my Achilles is a little sore.

Listened to a podcast that was ranking high school movies. RIP John Hughes!

It is getting really warm in the morning. I was so thirsty when I got home. Valley Park to 3200 W to 2200 W and home. Got yelled at by a dude in a pick up. Why is it always a dude in a pick up? Hate that!

Went to Zumba when I got home.

Jogged with Cole dowmph o the Taylorsville High track. I had him run a mile of hard/easy every 100 meters. He ran a 7:35 mile doing this. I'm impressed with his progress. He's been running every day for the last four weeks. My two older kids are doing rec center track. Then, we ran home. 2.3 miles. Teren had to go to work, so I went to the gym for my workout. I did a ten minute warm up. Then, I ran 10 x 2 minutes on/off, starting at 10 mph and finishing at 11 mph. Cooled down five minutes for 8 miles total.

Ran a couple miles and then stopped to pick up Cole. We ran down to the track and ran an 800 and a 400. Then Cole rode on his bike while I ran three more miles on the river trail. I am glad my kids are starting to get old enough to work out with me.

A little bit of everything workout. I wanted to get some turn over work in since my next three races are 5ks. Warm up with the kids. I planned on 3 x 2 miles of 40/60's. (200 in 40 200 in 60) But, I got bored and switched it up a bit.

Set 1: 40-60's. 13:04 (6:32 average) 400 recovery.

Set 2: 40-55's 12:39 (6:19 average) 400 recovery

Set 3: 1.5 mile progressive tempo. 800 in 6:10 pace, 800 in 6:00 pace, 800 in 5:50 pace. So, 3:05, 3:00, 2:55 goal pace. 9:00 flat.

3:03, 2:58, 2:45 8:48 for 6 laps. 5:56 average.

Cooldown 1.5 miles. I'm determined to hit 60 this week.

Ugh. That was a grind today. Yesterday was tough. I'm happy to get it in. And, after hanging around the 55 mile mark for over a month, I finally hit 60! One more week in that vicinity, and then I will have a down week in Montana. 7:06 average.