NOON: NIST 4, 30:37, shakeout PM: Whitman track, 10 total. This was yet another of my mental meltdowns. The plan was to do 3 sets of 1600, 800, 400, with a slightly modified warm up. It was very strange, because I actually felt pretty peppy on my noon run. Then when I went to warm up this evening my legs felt like tree trunks. Usually in these instances I feel better if I go for a longer warm up, like 4 miles or so. But I got out of work late, and it was already getting dark, so I only jogged two miles and then did 9 sets (2.5 miles) of drills. The modification to the warm up was to add a 200 and then a 400 at pace. This is a JD suggestion. The idea being to get a better feel for interval pace before going out too fast. So, the sad details... 200 in 34.0 (suppose to be 37.5), 200 jog
400 in 74.8 (much better), 400 jog 1600 in 5:02.0 (in the dark), 800 jog 800 in 2:29.4 (felt way too hard!), 400 jog 400 in 73.4, 400 jog 1600 in 5:07.3, done. This felt like 4:50 effort... just not fun at this point, being out on the track solo in the dark. Just no desire to be there. And it's getting old watching my times get slower and slower. Need to get motivated again. Not having a definite goal or plan is hard for me to deal with. So anyway, step one in my rejuvenation is a trip out to UT. I am blowing into SLC tomorrow (Thurs.) afternoon on my way to a wedding in Moab. Neal Gassmann and I are planning a 90 min trail run starting from the zoo and headed up Dry Creek and Shoreline. We'll head out at 6:15pm. Feel free to join in if you are in the neighborhood. After the run (8ish) we are headed to Ruth's in Emigration. Neal claims it is bbq night on Thurs.
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