running for my mind

8 easy miles with Tyler

Tapering feels good!

6 miles - final track tuesday

Today was my final track workout before Ogden. I had planned on doing 10 x 200s just to really get the legs moving. I only ended up doing 4 but still feel good about it. My times were:

1 - 00:29
2 - 00:29
3 - 00:28
4 - 00:31

One of the reasons that I pulled the plug after 4 was that a gym class came down to the track to run there 1 mile fitness test. On my 4th repeat I had to weave through a couple of the kids (which is not overly enjoyable at that pace). I also was feeling a little light headed. At this point in my training, running 6 more repeats could only cause me a problem in my quad or cause some other injury. I feel good about my training overall and don't want to jeopardize it now.

6.5 miles - Was a nice cool morning. A little cooler than yesterday. Ran 6.5 miles with Ben. It was fun to run with and get to know him more. He is a good dude and a stud at triathlons. We will hopefully be training for Boston together next year, pending my qualification at Ogden in a week and a half. 

Taper week is feeling good. I think I will slow up my pace a little bit for the rest of the week so I can let my legs fully recover.

6 easy miles

My quads and hamstrings are still really sore from the 200s on Tuesday and from tapering in general. I wanted to keep this run slower so I averaged a 8:00 min pace. My legs started to loosen up a bit after a couple of miles, but were still sore. Hopefully I am feeling a lot better by the start of next week. 

6 easy with Tyler. - Feeling a little more loose than yesterday. Legs still sore though.

Today was my last day of work. I am officially unemployed and looking for a job. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks