May 25-31

May 25

3-mile dog jog w/ Tanner on CR 210

May 26

Track workout. Plyos, then 3 x flying 30s (no time, 3.94, 3.82 SB), followed by 3 x (100, 200) with two minutes rest between reps and four minutes between sets. The idea was to do the 100s all out, then do the 200s at goal 800 pace on short rest.

14.19, 13.94 SB, 14.47; 33.4, 32.9, 32.2. Much more encouraging than Sunday’s workout. I aspire to be able to do 200s @ or below 33 even on tired legs. 3-mile cooldown in 23:15 around town.

5.1 total.

May 27

2.86 easy w/ Tanner on CR 250

May 28

5 x 20-second max hill repeats on CR 210.

I’m looking to add a third day with speed into my routine. Three days at the track feels like too much, so I’m thinking I’ll do short max hills most weeks, assuming my body feels like it can handle the extra intensity.

56-minute aerobic run on CR 210 after the repeats. 7.68 total on the day.

Pikes Ascent was canceled today. No surprise there. This is now the third time I’ve signed up for the race, and I still have never lined up for it. I think I have six lifetime DNS’s and three of them are at the Pikes Ascent (although I’m not sure it’s a DNS if the race was cancelled).

I deferred to 2021. 4^th time’s the charm?

The crazy thing to me is that the Bolder Boulder, currently scheduled for Labor Day, hasn’t been canceled yet.

May 29

3 miles easy w Tanner

May 30

400, 300, 200, 400, 300, 200, 400, 200

76, 56, 34, 71, 55, 34, 70, 36. Two minutes of jogging between reps.

Really wanted to get that last quarter under 70, but I couldn’t quite get there. Did a similar workout 10 days ago with more reps slightly slower. Amazing how knocking 3-4 seconds off a quarter can make a controlled workout go to failure. Legs were filled with lead on the back straightaway. Might have been feeling the Thursday hills in the legs, but that’s probably just an excuse.

Not a great workout, but I’m putting in the work. 2400 meters, most of it under 5-minute pace. 30-minute cooldown for 6.3 total miles.

One year ago, I took my first baby steps of running after a nearly four-month hiatus from a compound leg fracture.

Here’s the log entry: “Six minutes of walking, five minutes of jogging, five minutes of walking, five minutes of jogging. 1.31 miles total, with a max pace of 11:26 per mile.”

Against that backdrop, today’s workout looks feels more positive.

May 31

7 miles on the Colorado Trail starting at Angel of Shavano past Blank’s Cabin toward Raspberry Gulch. 81:34. Beautiful, and I pretty much had the trail to myself. Saw one dude jogging with poles and a button-up sleeveless flannel shirt. Made me snicker a bit. I think I'm progressing farther and farther away from whatever is trendy in the ultrarunning world.