Pool Running is Fun

This is my third week of racing a 5K. The first two weeks were indoor meets and coming off of a PR at Mason last week, I was expecting to run 15:20 today. This was because the road course was flat and there was only one turn-a-round cone.  I cam close and PRed again, which is great. However, I was only 4th and kind of banked on winning the race again like I did last year and picking up $100. Instead, I finished outside the money and walked away with no paycheck.

First mile there was a large pack and Jerry took us out in 4:59. I bided my time a little longer until after the turn-a-round at which point I gunned it like I did last year and figured the leader would fall back. That happed for like 10 seconds and he was right back gunning it on me and ever so slightly making a gap. After two miles a skinny-ass dude with a funny stride passed me, then I passed him back then by mile 3 he was right ahead of me. At mile three some dude snuck up on me and out kicked me for the third spot. I ran 15:29 to win last year, ran 15:24 to finish 4th here this year. 

It was overall a good day as I did a superb job of pacing. I ran every mile under 5 flat, something I've never done before. My splits were more or less 4:59,4:58,4:55 or there-a-bouts. This is better but it's time to get back to work for the next three weeks with some solid training. By the time spring rolls around, I will be ready to fly.

Results

PM: 1 hr. pool run

AM: 8 pretty easy. legs are tired

PM: 5 miles + standard core routine, foam rolling

Warm this evening. I like it,

AM: 2.8 WU 5x1200m reps with about 2:45-3:00 min recoveries. 2.5 CD

PM: 5 miles + stretch, foam rolling

3:55,3:42,3:40,3:38,3:34. First one sucked since I was still tired from Sunday's race but still got some good work in. Now I'm tired. Evening was quite warm with just shorts and tech tee.

AM: 8 miles + lifting/core routine, stretch, foam rolling

PM: 5 miles

58 degrees at 6 am this morning. On February 8th. Very southern Florida-like. Apparently it's supposed to snow tomorrow night but be over 70 on Sunday. No joke.

AM: 8 miles + standard core routine, stretch, foam rolling

PM: 5 with 6x25sec strides, mostly on hills.

windy and spitting snow this morning. A lot fewer people on the trails (thankfully).

AM: 3 WU 6.4K Tempo then 800 meters fast. 2.7 CD

PM:

Cold. About 22 with a wind chill in the teens. Took a bit to get warmed up on the tempo. 1600m splits: 5:29,5:21,5:15,5:10 then I did an 800 in 2:19 which felt quite easy. George stopped me there instead of doing 400s.

Noon: 10 easy with Andrew.