Every Race is an Adventure!

Kent, Larry, and I went to the track for our first official speed work this year. I wasn't aware that's what we were going to do, so it caught me by surprise. We ran four 1/2 mile repeats, with 1 lap rest in between. I ran 3:09, 3:17, 3:20, and 3:07. These are pretty good times for me, and I still feel like I probably could have pushed a little harder.

After we got home I decided to take my dog Skittles and she and I ran another 3 miles at an easy pace. It's nice having a little more time in the mornings now that I don't have to schedule around helping get the kids off to school.

I started by running 2.25 miles alone at 7:36/mi.

I then joined Kent and Larry for the normal Tuesday morning run. It was a beautiful morning run filled with good conversation. I pushed briefly a few times, but not very much. We roughly averaged 10:00/mi on the uphill, 8:00/mi on the downhill, 8:40/mi on the level, and 9:00/mi overall.

I ran the normal Wednesday hill run with Kent and Larry with a little variation.

We ran the 1.2 mi gradual uphill to the base of the hills at 9:41/mi.

I ran the five hills (1.5 mi total) in 15:13 (10:09/mi). This compares to 16:18 (10:52/mi) on April 19.

I had enough energy left that after resting a few seconds at the top, I ran back down and ran hill 5 (0.12 mi, steep) a second time. My pace was on hill 5 was 9:55/mi the first time, and 7:43/mi after the brief rest and short downhill run.

I opted to take the longer way home via 1200 N instead of 1600 N. I ran the 0.4 miles down to 1200 N at 7:24/mi, the flat mile from 800 E to Main at 7:49/mi, and the last 0.6 mi home at 7:26/mi.

At noon I ran the Lake View run with Tom, Nathan, and Will. The mile splits were 8:11, 8:05, 7:51, 7:46, and 7:43.

I overslept and missed getting out early at 5:30am but was at the corner by the normal 5:45am. I was the only one there. I waited a couple of minutes and then started up 1600 N. towards 200 W. As I made the turn onto 200 W I look ahead to see if maybe the others had started ahead of me. I missed seeing a golf-ball sized rock and rolled my left ankle. I turned back for home and iced it. I think I'll have to take it easy for a couple of days, but I can put weight on it and I should be back to full strength soon. My training had been going so well I was afraid I was due for a setback. Oh well, at least it isn't too serious. I'm sure I'll be back to full strength for the WBR in 2 weeks.