Pool Running is Fun

I didn't run today because my legs were shot.  Sore as hell.  I think it has something to do with me racing in my Saucony Grid Type A5s.  There is not a lot of shoe there and I really pushed it yesterday.  It could also be the fact that I drank a little too much at my buddy's birthday party Saturday night.

4 Easy @ 8:00 min pace

7 Easy @ 7:00 min pace 

10 Easy after work.  There was a big-ass storm this afternoon but it returned to a calm light rain by 5:00 when I went out for a run.  It was dead around Haines Point.  No walkers, tourists, cyclists, nothing.  It reminded me of running down there in the dark on a cold December evening. It was cool because it was just me, the pigeons, seagulls, and the mallards.

12 min WU

6 x mile by perceived effort (around 10K pace) with 1:30-1:40 jogs in between reps

*into the wind

5:41, 5:37*, 5:24, 5:37*, 5:21, 5:44* 

10 min. CD

Very windy in one direction today.  Great workout though. I remember in high school coach got us ready to do mile repeats and everyone was afraid of the workout.  We were supposed to do three at 5k pace but he let us out of them at two.  Doing workouts like these I laugh at the workouts I used to do...man if I were a coach.

7 easy at lunch.  Beautiful cool fall day today.  My legs are tired from yesterday.  I'm going to do a nice and easy 4 miler tomorrow so I'll be ready to go for Saturday's 10K.  

Third week in a row with a race.  That's a lot of racing!  Next week I won't have a race.  I'll have two in October and two in November.  My goal race of course will be the Veteran's Day 10K on November 11.  This has got to be the fastest 10K in the D.C. area during the fall and it will be great to see how I fair next to the local elites.  I will get a dose of that at Parks on October 7th.

4 easy at lunch

Today Started off alright but the race was starting at 9:00 and the temps were going up quickly.  It was also very windy.  I began the 10K running with a local guy (like myself) and British female Olympian Claire Hallisey and went through the mile in 5:20.  We went through three miles in 15:55 and I was right on pace for a new PR.  Everything changed once we got out on that long stretch of freeway.  The heat was back and the wind was bad so I took turns breaking the wind in the lead with another guy.  At the turnaround it started to get a bit difficult to keep up.  I went through 5 miles in 27:00 and the pace worsened from there.  It just wasn't in my legs today.

Not that many quick people showed up for the 10K and I won $75 for my second place finish so it wasn't too bad.  The guy who won also ran the 8K last week and was much faster there as well so I'll take it for today.  I have three more chances at the 10K distance in cooler weather and quicker courses.

I've decided that two weeks in a row with races is doable but three weeks in a row is too much.  You get stale by the third week.  I need my long run and regular schedule back to run 10K at my potential.

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