Sean's Running Blog

Crazy warm today. 49 degrees with some drizzle. I WAY overdressed. Gloves and hat came off quickly. Weird to have it this warm in early January. Thank El Nino I guess.

Talked to my coach today and I'm starting to get excuted about the next few months of training. I will be doing a short speed workout tomorrow hoping that by next week I can jump back into two speed workouts per week. Also next week I get to start training in the Dempsey Indoor. My fav.

A classic wet and dreary NW winter day. Not too cold. Not pouring rain. No sunshine. I ran from work to an appointment I had in Bellevue. My wife dropped me back at work. Bellevue and Redmon streets alays confuse me. I was totally lost and at one point had to check with my watch to see if I was going North or South. Yikes.

I lucked out and managed to arrive on time.

Well today was a gorgeous, mostly sunny ann unseasonably warm day. What better time to try my first speed work since my race injury on December 12th. I wasn't so sure today was going to be the day after beginning my two-mile warmup. Last night I did the "mother of all P90x workouts" as they call it. It was a Plyometrics workout that really worked the calves. Note to self: never do a speed workout the day following a plyos workout. I was stiff and tight the entire warmup but decided to do the workout anyway.

The workout was basically a 5-mile tempo run. 1M @ 5:12 with the next 3 miles at 5:26 with the final mile being in 5:12.

The first mile was in 5:17. Oh well. The next three miles wereall 2-4 seconds faster than 5:26. The 5th mile didn't happen.I was completely gassed nd winded and my calves were pretty sore. No sense in risking injury so I backed off and skipped the final mile.

I was diappointed but not surprised that such a basic workout was so challenging. I haven't been able to put together two weeks worth of speed workouts in three months so I can't really expect to be setting the pavement afire. I'm hoping to stay injury free and get back into racing shape over the next month or so. I picked up a god 5-7 pounds during the holidays so getting back to race weight should help too.

Another beautiful and relatively warm afternoon. 49 degrees. The wind was ragin for a third straight day at home but not in Redmond along the East Lake Sammamish Trail. I felt a lot better today than yesterday.

While running along the trail I saw the coolest thing. I saw two bald eagles come swooping down to the ground. Some feathers ruffled and fur was flying so I assume the eagles found lunch. Seeing eagles around here isn't uncommon but I hadn't seen them on the hunt much before and when I have it's been over water in search of fish. After grabbing its meal, one of them flew right over my head about 15 feet above. For a brief moment I was a bit frightened thinking he my attempt to air lift me with his mean nasty talons.

10 easy miles along Lake Sammamish trail. I little breezy but pretty warm at 48 degrees.

I breezy day again but nothing like it has been at home during much of the week. Ran from Centennial Park around Mill Pond and then past the HS to North Bend and then back to the high school. Lots of exposure to the wind which made it a tiny chilly.