Weather - 48 degrees, clouds, rain. Ran 4.5 miles to the Zendo, meditated for 2 hours, ran 3 miles back to town, stopped at Cardinal and did bike intervals for 37 minutes, then 5 sets of strength exercises, stretching, and 15 minute walk home. I felt stronger on the bike than in the previous 2 bike sessions, most of the intervals were at a wheel tension of 21-23, and I took shorter rests, from 45- 60 seconds.
Later in the day it warmed to 66 degrees, so I took a bike ride to Crystal Lake park and read some of George Sheehan's "Running and Being". Last night I finished reading Gordon Pirie's "Running Wild". I liked the way he approached his training and racing, his hero was Zatopek, so that should give an idea to his style of running. I felt great all day, the warm weather is beneficial to my fitness and well being. Tomorrow I will head to the track (all of the snow melted today) and do some speed-type work, probably 6 x 100M strides, and then a few 200M and 400M intervals. I will make the session fairly short, I don't want to over-work because the 5k is this Saturday.
#107 z.m. - #21
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