Pool Running is Fun

12 easy...averaged 7:15s.  Very humid today but almost chilly on the temperature side.  A little sore in the calves from the race yesterday. 

7 easy.  My calves are hurting....probably because I ran a hilly-ass 8k last Saturday in my very minimal Saucony Grid Type A5s.  I love these shoes but there is not much shoe...I wouldn't go much farther then a 10k in them.  I hope my legs feel better by Wednesday...DCRRC 1 mile and 3k events with $100 for the winner of the mile.  I'm no miler but it's a free event and different than the usual 8K and up races that I like to run.  Who knows, maybe i'll have some flashbacks to my glory days running the 1600m in high school.

7 easy.

This evening was the DC Roadrunners 1 mile and 3K track championships.  Last month I thought it would be easy to be in the top three and win come cash.  That was before this free event was advertised on the Washington Running Report.  Needless to say that the weather was great, competition fierce, and the times sick.

I'm no miler and I've done no speedwork (besides races) since early last May so I had no idea what I would do.  I finished in 4:45, well in the middle of the pack. The winner ran 4:16 and won $100 and since he beat the meet record, he grabbed another $200 to go with that.  Ouch...the lactic acid built up quickly in only the second lap...a far cry from high school when I didn't get that feeling until the last lap.  I could feel the lack of speedwork but did the best with what I had and kicked it in.

The 3K was slow but I ran more as a workout.  I started slow but increased my speed through the final lap.

I'm sore this morning and I only got 7 in total last night!  I don't have another race scheduled until mid September so it's time to get plenty of quality aerobic work in.

Results

Off today.  Too sore from the track meet races.

4 easy at 5:30 am

10 easy at noon.

Getting some quality work in with no plans to race until mid-September.  I had to take yesterday off because I was just too sore from the track races on Wednesday.  All of this marathon-esque training I've been doing doesn't equate well for anaerobic running and left me dead sore.  I felt better today though and sneaked in a few extra miles at lunch. 

10 easy...well not so easy by the end.  The combination of the 90+ degree heat and the 14 miles I ran yesterday turned the final 3 miles into a bit of a struggle. Oh well.  Now that I am not racing until September, it's time to get some good miles in.  Hopefully I can go for 65 miles for the next three weeks with a tempo session starting in August.