4/27-5/10

April 27
3.4 easy w/ Tanner on 210

April 28
Igloi intervals on CR 140. 16 x 100 @ 800 pace w/ 1-minute rest in between. Averaged 2:14 pace for the 100s. It hurt!

4.25 miles total.

April 29
3 miles easy w/ Tanner on CR 250

April 30
8.32 miles on CR 101 and Columbine Trail in 72 minutes. Just shy of 2k elevation gain.
43 minutes up, 29 minutes down. Finished with the last two miles at 6:20 pace. Felt good on the run, but then felt some acute knee pain after the run. I might have developed some patellar tendinitis.

May 1
3.2 easy w/ Tanner on CR 210

May 2
Decided to skip the Saturday workout with the knee. Five miles in 37:44 on the Saddle Ridge loop, HR sub 150.

May 3
5.6 miles in 42:50 on CR 220 w/ a handful of surges. Knee isn’t 100%, but it didn’t seem to hurt any worse when I moved a little more quickly, so I suppose that’s a positive.

May 4
3.2. w/ Tanner on CR 210

May 5
6 x 300 on the newly re-opened track w/ 2 minutes rest in between. Range of 53.2 to 54.6. This was harder than I wanted it to be. Was in better shape in January. Knee’s ok, but far from perfect.

This novel coronavirus shutdown was the fourth time in the last two years I’ve had to take a long hiatus from running on the track, which makes me feel like I’m always starting from scratch when I go back. Here’s to hoping we get a few months where it’s open and I’m healthy.

May 6
2.8 miles w/ Tanner on CR 250

May 7
8 miles in 67:35 on CR 250. About 1500 ft. gain. 40 up, 27:35 down. Brutally windy. There were dust cyclones all over the road the last few miles.

May 8
3.37 miles in 30:09 on CR 210 w/ Tanner. Decent pace for the dog.

May 9
Track workout. 2 x (800, 600, 400) on two minutes rest between reps, 4 between sets, followed by 3 x 200 with 3 minutes rest.

Ran 2:47, 2:02, 74 on the first set, 2:45, 2:01, 75 on the second. And then 35.1, 33.8, and 33-flat on the 200s. Solid workout. 4.6 miles on the day.

May 10
7 miles on CR 220 in 54:40. 30 out and 24:40 back.