My Running Log

1 mile warmup

3 miles at 7:00 pace

1 mile at 6:30 pace

1/2 mile at 6:00 pace

1/2 mile cooldown

This was my best workout of the year so far. I really felt good and was able to keep the pace and push it at the end. I think these speeds will be good for me on tempo runs for a while. So this is good because again it helps me see where I'm at. I know you can't equate treadmill times with road times, but it encourages me that I feel like my body is progressing and cooperating. A great start to the week.

One thing I observed today. When I get to the end of a tough workout, I tend to tighten my lower legs. I think that's because that's what I do when I sprint or try to kick at the end. But today I purposely tried to relax my lower legs and my arms, and it made a positive difference.

My current schedule is to go hard (speed) on Mondays, easy Tuesdays, hard (hills) on Wednesdays, easy on Thursdays, off on Fridays, and long on Saturday. I think for now this is a great way to go, because it gives my body time to recuperate after each hard run, but I still run often enough to build up mileage. And it gives me Fridays (date night) and Sunday (sabbath) off.

Nice workout on the elliptical. Setting was level 12. Was going about 5.5-5.8 pace most of the time. Felt good during and after. Lasted 39 minutes.

Today during the day I was feeling a little sick after yesterday's hard workout. My body didn't handle it as well as I hoped. I think I'll be fine tomorrow after a good night's rest.

Ran outside for the first time this year. Started at 9:40 PM

(unfortunately). Realized that my neighborhood is not the most scenic

place to run. So I'll probably have to throw some variety in there. Did

the hill on 8600 south twice. It felt way different on my body to run

outside. So this reinforced that I need to get away from the treadmill

more often. Ran for 46 minutes at a fairly slow pace. My shin started hurting today but not too badly.

Played church basketball. I only go to play about 9 minutes of the game. I didn't play well. Our team didn't play as a team. So pretty much a waste of time.

I had a head cold today. A bit of sickness has been accumulating the past few days. This afternoon I came home early and slept deeply for 3.5 hours. I think I had pushed my body too far and hadn't been getting enough sleep recently. I'm not worried about this, but hopefully I'll get through it soon and will need to try to get more sleep. Today's a normal rest day, and tomorrow I plan to run unless feeling much worse.

We had another church basketball game today, and I played because I knew I would get a better workout this time. I'm counting that as 2.5 easy miles, but I did a lot of sprinting and got winded. Then ran a total of 7 miles on the treadmill. 6.25 miles of that was at 8:30 pace, which felt great. Ran more miles this week than last!