2.5-mile dog jog on CR 210
July 7
Had to get blood drawn and various other things done for a life insurance screen, which cut into my running window. Just ran up 250 to bald eagle lane to get in 6 max hill sprints. Fastest one was 4:17 pace (13.26), which was a PB for the hill. Across the board faster than last week, so I suppose that’s a good thing.
Weight was 164, which is the highest it’s been in a while for me.
3.3 miles total
July 8
7.05 easy on CR 250 in 61:46, turnaround a mile or shy of Blank’s Cabin. Got out late. It was warm, so I kept it easy.
July 9
Mears Junction. 1.5-mile warmup. 6 x 3 minutes at CV effort, with 2-minute rest. Followed by a couple of 30-second pickups at mile pace. First two were slow, last four @ 5:53, 5:46, 5:32 (downhill), 5:46 pace. Strong and steady but not too intense.
5.64 miles total.
July 10, 2020
Busy day. 1.1 mile-super quick hop on mill.
July 11
Track day. Plyos, then a 200 and a 100 by feel as warmup, followed by 4 x 300 on 90 seconds rest. 51.3, 53.4, 52.8, 51.8. Dug deep on that last one. Average (52.33) was slightly faster than I ran on June 16th (52.6) for the same intervals, even though I had 2:30 less rest per interval this time. Progress!
Finished w/ 2 miles at 7:20 pace.
July 12
8 miles on CR 220 in 61 minutes, max HR 150.
July 13
3 miles on CR 140 in 22:45, max HR 140
Chicago Marathon canceled. JT owes me a pizza.
July 14
Warmup and cooldown plus 7 max hill sprints on Bald Eagle Ln. 13.3 – 14.2 seconds
3.44 total
Got the results back from the life insurance screen. No COVID yet. No AIDS/HIV. Good news across the board.
July 15
5.6 in 41:20 on CR 220, max HR 150.
July 16
5 x 5 minutes tempo at Mears Junction, 90 seconds rest in between. Uphill and into the wind on the first couple (high 6s), then 5:57, 5:42, and 5:52 pace downhill and with wind at back on the last 3.
5.9 miles total
July 17
3 miles easy w/ Tanner
July 18
Was going to go to the track, but they had a graduation ceremony going on there. Went to CR 101 in Fremont Country to do 15 x 1 minute on/off. Average of 5:48 pace on the ons, but most of them were high 6s on the uphill sections and right around 5-flat for the downhill sections.
July 19
7 miles on Old Monarch Pass in 56:32, avg. HR 142. Strong run. 8:04 pace at 11,000-plus ft. with non-stop up and down felt solid.
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I’m actually on a bit of a running streak. I haven’t taken a zero since the day we got back from the NICU (March 14). 128 days!
I think this is the second-long streak of running every day I've had in my life.
Longest streak I ever had was 453 days, starting from spring of 7th grade and ending in the middle of my freshman year of cross country high school. Yes, I was that cool in middle school.
I’m not going to take this too seriously, but now that I’ve got some momentum, we’ll see how long it goes.
