Note: This was not the best week for me. I let some things get to me a little and it completely affected my training. In a bad way. I should have put in a 45-50 mile week, but instead sat on my ass Monday through Wednesday. I justified it by thinking (and saying) that I needed some more rest after the Greenland race, but the truth is I was pretty upset with how the race went, so instead of doing the right thing and using a perceived poor performance as motivation to work harder, I used it as an excuse to be a giant p*&^%. I've apparently lost a little of the mental fortitude I used to have. I have always been a bit of a head-case, but I am a little out of practice when it comes to getting in that competitive mindset. Though this time around I am trying to focus less on the competitive and more on the having fun. Sometimes it's difficult to change after you've spent your life training yourself to do things a certain way. Hopefully some trails and for Pete's sake, some decent weather (where the hell are you?!) can maybe adjust my attitude and philosophy over the summer. With that said, here is what little work I actually did last week.
Thurs. May 12 - 4 miles. I went out after work to get something in. In my haste, I left my watch at home, so I don't know how long I ran. The route I ran is somewhere in the neighborhood of four miles, so there you go. I broke another cardinal rule and ran with my iPod; something I don't typically do since I consider it a big time safety issue and I have always felt (and mean no offense, though some will take it that way) that REAL runners don't need headphones. It's usually the gym rats that use them; the people who aren't real runners. Anyway, I felt I needed a little distraction while I was running. Tool provided a good distraction. My left achilles was very sore after this run, which got me worried, but was something that eventually worked itself out.
Fri. May 13 - 5 miles in 34 min (6:47 pace). Finally, after a week of crappy weather, we got a good day. I went to the outdoor track and did 8 x 200m with 200m jog rest. I didn't keep track of time, just ran comfortably.
Sat. May 14 - 7.5 miles in 53 min (7:03 pace). I decided at the last minute to show up for the Hapi-ness 5K at the junior high. I figured I could structure the race in between a few miles and call it a tempo run (since I need some major work on my threshold). I ran a couple miles to race, met up with Patrick and the famous Dr. Dan (aka the ORIGINAL Hungry Dog), and started the race. I haven't run a 5K since last year's Race for the Cure in Cheyenne, so I don't have any 5K speed. This was not a fast course; starting uphill on 30th and then running smack into a nice headwind for the next mile and a half or so. I started to fade a little on mile three, and Ryan and Dan pulled away from me. I finished 3rd in 18:51, fulfilling my tempo run needs. After that, I tacked on a couple more miles on the way home.
Sun. May 15 - 11 miles in 82 min (7:27 pace). Long run in the prairie. Weather got progressively better throughout the run. Finally.
Totals:
Week's Miles: 28
Running Time: 3:19
Calories Burned: ~ 3,076
May's Miles: 81
Year to Date: 474
Gear: Asics Speedstar 4 (347 miles)
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