Thatcher's Running Blog

Nine miles this morning with Neal and Pete. Our pace was 6:50. It felt pretty good. No injuries, but a little sore. 

Today I did a track workout with Neal. We did 800s. Neal did five, and I did four.  Since I haven't been doing a lot of running, I'm starting out slowly with the hard workouts. The first one was 2:17, and I was with Neal. On the second one I was at 2:18, and Neal was 2:17. The third one we were both at 2:17, right together. On the fourth one we were both 2:17 again, right together. This workout went pretty good, and I did better than I thought I would. I was hoping for 2:18-2:20.

The splits were:

2:17 (approx. 67.5, 69.5)

2:18 (68.5, 69.5)

2:17 (68.5, 68.5)

2:17 (68.5, 68.5)

Another interesting thing about this workout was my kick. On the first, third, and fourth intervals, I had a very good kick. I was a second or two behind Neal, but easily caught him on the last straightaway. I had to push to catch him, but it wasn't near all out. I wonder if my kick is improving or if I was just feeling good today.

I warmed up 3.5, and cooled down 3.5 miles.

Ran with Pete and Neal on the Provo River Trail. Same way as Monday. It was a little slower. We were closer to 7:00 pace. It felt pretty good.

Later today I added four more miles easy. About 7:45 pace.

Today I did a tempo run with Neal and Pete. We did four miles. My time was 21:49. My mile splits were 5:27, 5:17, 5:17, and 5:35. (approx.) I didn't feel very good, but it was okay. Neal was around 21:10-21:15. I was with for almost three miles until I fell back. I think with a couple more weeks of mileage, I can do much better on the tempo runs. It will also be easier when I have my flats and spikes, considering my workouts the past two weeks have been on my normal shoes. (I left my spikes and flats at home.)

I warmed up 3.25 and cooled down 4.75. 

I ran with Neal and Pete again this morning. I didn't need much mileage, so I only did 4.75. We were at about 7:00 pace. It was really cold outside this morning.