KristenRuns

On vaca this weekend - didn't get a chance to workout.

Speed workout on treadmill.

4 x 0.5 @ 9.8 (6:07 pace) at 1.5 incline, active recoveries for 3 minutes at 6.0 (10:00 pace).

My brain was telling me that 6:07 was too fast, but body signs were good. Breathing, legs, form were okay! Gotta prove to the brain that I can run at these paces.

+yoga

It was like a sauna in the gym today. No AC there, and it was in the mid-80s in San Diego today! Good for stretching - not for speed workout!

Legs/core/plyo/yoga with Brandon.

Legs sore from gym workout. Also feeling tired. Didn't sleep well. Day off.

Threshold run today of 4 miles at goal half marathon pace (6:50). Very foggy today - was running through the clouds on Ocean Beach bike path.

Struggled with the first two miles - 6:55, 6:59. A wee bit of headwind here. Nailed the second two 6:51, 6:45. A wee bit of tailwind here.

Felt pretty lousy in the first two miles. Felt this way on last week's threshold workout too. I'm learning to stick with these longer threshold efforts. It seems to get easier about half way through.

Long warm up 2.25 miles. And cool down 2.25 miles.

AM - Easy miles through the neighborhood. What did I did to my legs at the gym on Tuesday?! Still very sore!

PM - advanced pull up workout. Pull ups 3x12 (30 lbs assist); bent over rows 3x15 (35 lbs); pull overs 3x15 (25 lbs); push ups 3x20. +yoga and foam rolling - big time. Legs feeling less sore!

Easy run on Mission Beach boardwalk. It was nice to run near the ocean. Used to run next to it all the time before I moved from Solana Beach to San Diego almost a year ago. Really miss that but living in the city took 40 miles off my commute per day. So that was the trade off!