Training Log: 13.3

Tuesday, 1/22: 6 miles in 50:28; FIRST week 1 tempo run (short)
2 miles easy (8:57/mi), 2 short tempo (7:13/mi), 2 easy (8:57/mi)

Times are a little off because I did this one on the treadmill (I assume, somehow, that the treadmill is easier. Not everybody agrees, though). I based this off of the low number on my PMP window (8:05-8:15/mi) to help compensate for the treadmill.

Training Log: 3.3

Thursday 11/22: Hill Intervals
1 mile warmup, 8 x 300 meter hill repeats @ 90 seconds each w/ 2:30 rest interval, 1 mile cooldown. My first interval was 1:31 and my last was 1:40, not too bad of a fade.

I thought that I'd take advantage of a feature we don't have close by at home while in Ohio for the holiday: hills. Running up miracle mile hill brought back some memories. This workout was tough, but it was nice to change things up a bit. Weather was ok, about 40 degrees with light drizzle on and off.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Training Log: 3.2

Tuesday 11/20: Tempo Run
5.3 miles in 40:28 (7:39/mi)

Today's run felt great. It was warmer than it has been the last few days, but with light drizzle. This made the bad visibility even worse since I wear glasses. Dark, foggy, and rainy + oncoming headlights combined to limit my speed somewhat. Still, my pacing was good for a tempo run. The odd distance is due to my point-to-point course today; I ran to Lily's pre-school from our house. Les came and picked us both up!

We're traveling tomorrow for Thanksgiving, so my third run this week will be in Ohio. I'm going to try and run some hill repeats on a familiar course for old times' sake. I may also do next week's long run on Saturday.