4.3 miles super easy in 39 minutes @ Big Bend w/ some strides, avg HR 130. Felt fine. Relatively light weekend running wise but still fairly tired from travel. Fun catching up on all the Pikes race reports.
August 27
Am: 5.1 easy in 40:10 on CR 220. Felt great. Starting to get a little cooler in the mornings. It’s already at the point where I need light gloves running at 7 am. Summer is great around here, but it doesn’t last long.
Pm: 6.3 miles w/ XC team; 3 x 5 minute repeats with a group running 7:20-7:30 pace. 3 fast strides at the end.
August 28
7.3 miles easy in 58:50 on CR 200 near Mears Junction. I actually don’t know what road this is. I’ve seen signs that say CR 200, CR 201. CR 201A, CR 203, and Silver Creek Lakes Road. Plus, it splits off in a million directions. I think I’m just going to call it CR 200.
August 29
Am: 2 miles up, light plyos and strides, 6 x 200 on CR 210 on full rest, on a slight downhill. 40 high, 36 low, 35 high, 36 low, 35 low, 34 high. 5-minute cooldown. 4.5 miles total.
I wrote a blog post last fall about how I think this is the area of my training where I need the most work. Simple, raw speed. I still think that’s true, probably even more so now.
Pm: 2 sets of (2 x 400, 200) w/ xc team. Ran w/ the lead girls, so the efforts were between 1:33 & 1:40 on the 400s and 42-ish on the 200s; 4.4 miles total.
Finished up w/ 90 minutes of Iyengar yoga
Today marks the 6-month anniversary of my initial surgery, when the healing process began. 36-second downhill 200s aren’t exactly going to put me in any record books, but very happy with the steady progression.
August 30
35 minutes pool jogging. Not sure if it’s the 200s or the yoga or a combination of the two, but I am sore today.
August 31
Went to visit a couple of friends in Beaver Creek for the weekend. One was a former 14-minute 5k guy and the other was a former 15-minute 5k guy, but on this occasion, we were much more accomplished at swapping stories than running fast. 4.2 miles in 40 minutes around the mountain in Beaver Creek.
Sept 1
Busy day traveling back to Salida and going to a wedding. Zero.
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