PM: Trying multiple new things today. First, I usually do not double on workout days. Second, I am trying out the indoor track for this workout to escape the heat. The workout is 3x2 miles at threshold pace with 3-4 minutes recovery. The workout was dubious from the beginning. I had had milk with my lunch which I knew was a bad idea even 4 hours before the workout. I did a mile warmup and my legs were feeling pretty stiff actually. After the warmup I took aand hoped that the milk had all passed through and would not upset me. I started the workout too fast as usual. But since this is a 9 lap/mile track I quickly corrected my pace and hit a nearly perfect 5:54 pace (what daniels says is my threshold pace, but I was only shooting for 6 flat) with a total 11:47 and it felt pretty easy. The second one I went out easier and didn't look at the watch except a few times. I didn't really push it, but I just got up to what I remember threshold pace feeling like and held it to the end with little strain. This one was 5:49 pace (11:37) and I was really happy with that but was unsure if I could hold it for the last one. I used the same strategy of not looking at my watch and going by feel until the last 400 when I looked at my watch and I needed just a bit of a push to hit 11:47 again and I did exactly that. At this point I felt great. These are the days that I live for. I like the race PR's, but I really love is doing better on workouts than previously. I like going into races with confidence that I will PR. The question is by how much. Anyway, I am still at the gym, which is 3 miles from home and I have to run home. Unfortunately this is where the milk catches up to me. I take anotherlike a firehydrant, but start to feel really sick. I stumbled home (walking 1 of the 3 miles so im not counting that towards mileage) feeling mentally great and physically horrible.
I meant to do 6 but missed my short cut on the trail I was running. So I did 8 and it got pretty dark towards the end. Luckily there was just enough light to see and the trail wasn't so technical that it was a problem.
Worked out with my group today. But I added on a bit before the workout. I did 3x1k on the indoor track before heading out for 3x3x400 with 3 fast ones mixed in (our workouts usually total around 3 miles of quality but this one was a bit short). Considering my times I am fine with the workout being a bit short.
My times were 3:16, 3:17, and 3:15 for the 1ks with 3 min recovery. My times for the 400's were 79,79,74,79,71,78,72,77,77 with 200 recovery between 400's and 400 recovery between sets. So recovery times were pretty high but I am pleased with the workout overall.
Twice this week I have gone out with the intention of going 5-6 miles on trails and gone 8+ instead. I am pretty messed up.
Today it was on purpose. I wanted to explore and so I added on a 3 mi loop to the 5 mile loop I was already doing. It wasn't anything crazy special, but good to have more options.
17 miles on the trails. My legs felt great, but my stomach did not. I don't know what made me sick, but it was pretty bad. It was 93 at the start and 89 when I finished. I drank 75oz of nuun (an electrolyte replacement drink w/o calories). Maybe that was too much? Not enough? I continued drinking after the run for several hours so maybe I wasn't very hydrated to start. I am gonna try to do my long runs from now on in the morning. Today was weird because I was planning on doing it saturday morning but then found out my mom was coming to visit so I needed to do it today. Another good thing about doing the long run in the morning is that there are fewer chances to eat something that will make me sick.
