Pool Running is Fun

10 easy plus 4 x 100m strides plus drills plus standard ab routine. Nice day. Shouldn't have demolished a whole plate of nachos and 5 Tecate beers last night.. The beginning of th run was kind of rough.

AM: 1 hour pool run followed by a 6 mile easy run + standard core routine.

Today is my late day at work where I work from 10-7 and not 8:30-5:30 as usual. So that means pool Monday and late day Monday = splash and dash....It's not fun. your legs are wobbly and feel very heavy running right after a pool run. It's tough. Anyway, I'm now done for the day.

2.25 mile WU. Drill routine, active stretching. a few strides

1 mile in 5:20. about 2 min jog. 5 x 800 (on trail, some hilly) 2:39, 2:37, 2:36, 2:34, 2:37 each with about 1.5 minutes jog between reps

4 mile cool down

AM: 5 hilly miles to work.Standard core routine.

PM: 5 hilly miles home.

It was raining so hard today....completely soaked both ways. Had to wade through flooded trails...it's really coming down out there.

2.25 WU

5:47, 5:40, 5:45, 6:06

3  CD

Today was humid and warmer. I was going into this workout tired after having donemy first workout on Tuesday...anyway I had to pull the plug on this one.  The plan was 5 from 5:50-5:40 range, starting out at5:55. Well that went to hell. I ended up going out a little harder because my two fast teamates were going high 5:30s pace.  By the fourth mile I was going up hill on the trail and really hurting...I ran the fifth mile easy.

This was bound to happen.  I've been hitting high mileage (for me) and doing that last mile would have beenof no use...just had to pull the plug.  My body needs time to adapt to the increased intensity and mileage.  I will be monitoring it closely to make sure I'm not doing too much.  Feel great now.

10 easy.  Great day out.  Legs are in a general state of tired.

14 long run with the team. Started over 8 pace for the first mile then progressed to well under 7:00 then did a 3 mile cut-down 5:55-5:42-5:38 then two cool down miles.