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Tue, May 22, 2012
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AM - 8.5 miles. Warmed up 3 miles straight into a 4 mile tempo in 21:05 (5:18, 5:20, 5:16, 5:11), cooled down 1.5 briskly back home. 

PM - 8.5 miles. Ran 3 laps around the perimeter of SHP on the grass, down to the track and bopped through 8 x 200m in 32.7 seconds average (not pushing it too hard, and keeping the recovery 200 at a decent clip), the jogged around some more on the grass until I hit an hour... all continuous. The 200s were just to stretch out my legs and go through the full range of motion.

Comments
From Rachelle on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 09:37:33 from 67.199.182.207

You are crazysauce! Wow 2 tempo workouts back to back is quite impressive. Great work Jake!

From Andrea on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 09:57:02 from 72.37.244.100

How fast is "briskly"?

From Jake K on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:19:41 from 155.100.226.54

"Briskly" is fast enough to get showered and to work way too early again. I should have just kept the tempo going all the way home :-)

From Fritz on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:42:18 from 65.116.116.6

You are definitely putting in lots of quality miles these days. With the lower than usual yet faster miles do you feel more or less fatigued?

From Jake K on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:56:12 from 155.100.226.54

Unfortunately I accidentally signed up for the triathlon blog format, so its not as easy to visualize on here, but I keep a separate log that breaks down the "fast" miles. In February and March I was actually doing quite a bit more volume of "faster miles" than I even am right now (Avg of ~22 mpw vs. 16-18 the last 2 weeks). But most of that was MP. So I guess the higher-quality workouts have become slightly higher quality.

But to answer your question, I feel like I'm on the verge of bouncing off the walls. When you get used to running 140 miles a week, anything less feels like a continual taper. Hopefully that will translate into some good races over the next couple weeks.

From Superfly on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 16:28:35 from 74.211.21.81

Yeah solid workouts back to back. I know your focus is on some short stuff but I really can't wait for TOU to see you "showcase" your talent there.

From Andrea on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 18:21:20 from 67.182.215.126

Alright - 3 workouts in less than 36 hours...I think it's time for an easy day with NO fast running :)

From Jake K on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 18:22:57 from 67.182.215.126

I think the focus on the short stuff will actually be a good thing for TOU. I've done so much long aerobic work... changing gears a bit, remembering how to make it hurt in races... that should end up helping me put together a good marathon. Cool weather would help too :-)

From prestonmadera on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 18:34:56 from 24.10.186.194

You amaze me man, keep up the hard work!

From Hamdog Alum on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 20:14:25 from 71.82.247.163

Nice couple days of quality. I think if nothing else mentally you will feel fresher. I believe that mental edge will give you a lot more energy to push harder than if you were running the 140 miles per week.

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