Met my RRB group at Tom Watson Park in North Boulder this morning. Darren led the group on his bike and Colleen came to workout too. I talked to Colleen about personal training and she is going to set aside some time for me next week when she gets back in town from a photo shoot in NY. I also enjoyed catching up with my friend Sarah and others in the group. It was sunny and comfortable temperature but WINDY! The wind was not a deathly gusting sabotage per se, more of just a constantly pushing challenger. Living in Boulder I guess I'd better accept the fact that there will be wind some days and learn to appreciate the wind for the fresh air it blows in from the western mountains rather than cursing and resenting it. 20 minute warm-up, stretching, strides 4X45 seconds hard with 1 min jog in between. I was too distracted with pushing the wind to also think about pushing my lap button so I don't know my pace on these but my effort was there. 4X2 minutes steady hard with 1 minute jog in between. These were between 5:40-5:48 pace, the slowest being the one that was up a steep hill into the wind for the last 40 seconds or so. Fun. 4X1 minute hard with 1 minute jog. Pace ranged from 5:00 pace (downhill with the wind at my back) to 6:08 pace (uphill with the blessed headwind). 5 minute tempo in 5:46 pace with mostly wind at my back. 10 minute cool down Solid effort today. Legs felt pretty good, tired at the end though. I'm going to see Richey for some ART on my hip and of course the ol' stubborn achilles. I figure I may as well make visiting Richey a part of my weekly routine since he is so brilliant and helpful in keeping little aches and pains under control as opposed to me doing nothing about them and allowing them to hinder my training. | 