Thatcher's Running Blog

I ran with Neal and Trevor today. We went out on the Provo River Trail towards the canyon. We went out a little over five miles. Our average pace was 6:34. I feel a little sick today, but I felt good during the run. It was really nice out today, and we ran with our shirts off in December!

I didn't know what the workout was, so I lifted before I ran today. It later found out we were doing 400's, so lifting before I ran was a bad idea. Anyway, today I did eight 400's on the indoor track. The first one felt really fast at the start. I thought I just wasn't used to doing four hundreds, but it was a little too fast. I did a 61, I was right behind the front guys in my group. On the second one, I was in front at the end and did a 64. I was near the front for the next couple, and I was just a second back on the fifth or sixth, all at about 64. On the seventh and eight I really started to feel the effects from the weight lifting. My legs were really tired, and I couldn't get out any faster. I stayed at 65 on the last two, but couldn't go any faster. The other guys pulled away on the last two. Even though my legs were tired, I stayed consistent throughout. I'm not much of a speed guy, but I did pretty good compared to everyone else. Even though I would have liked to be in the 61 range on the last two, this was my fastest 400 meter workout. After we finished, I cooled down five miles with Neal. 

I ran with Miles, Dylan, Jacob, and Brandon today. We went on a new route that I had never been on. Our average pace was 6:34. It felt pretty good. It was a little fast, but I felt okay. We did eight miles. 

For our workout today, we did a fartlek. We warmed up 1.5 miles and then did 10 minutes hard, 5 easy, 5 hard, 5 easy, 3 hard, 3 easy, 2 hard, 2 easy, 1 hard. It was a pretty good workout, a total of ten miles.

The ten minute hard was about 5:15 pace. I stayed with the group for the first mile, and then I dropped back. I ended up about fifteen seconds back.

On the five minute hard I ran with Dylan and was pretty close to the pack. I'm not sure on pace, but I would guess in the 4:50's.

The three minute push was 4:35 pace. I finished up with Trevor just behind the pack.

The two minute push was 4:30 pace. I was a little bit off the pack.

The one minute push was 4:12 pace. I felt pretty good and stayed with Miles.

I felt better than Monday, and did well on the 5, 3, 2, and 1 minute pushes.

I just ran easy with Neal today. We averaged 6:43 pace. It felt pretty easy. My hip was hurting, I'll have to keep an eye on it and see how it feels tomorrow.

I only did seven today. I was planning on doing 13, but my hip and back were hurting, so I decided to back off a little bit.