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04302019 – Run

This morning my phone said that it was 46f outside so not too bad for long sleeves and shorts. But when I got home I actually looked at the temp and it was only 39f… no wonder my hands were so cold!!

The plan was 3 rounds of 200, 400, and 600 with 1:1 rest. I warmed up and started at it! My normal route usually means the first interval is uphill and this was no different! I ended up walking the 1:1 time rest. Each interval was approximately 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 depending on the terrain. I wasn’t running all out and I definitely felt tired in the legs.

I caught a quick picture of the sunrise! And it was a good workout.

I finished 4.76 miles in 53:25!

04062019 – Run

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Today was the first time trial of the season. A 6K Time Trial that was supposed to be treated as a race. It was a little hard to build it up that way, but I did put out good overall effort. I actually slept in which was really nice! And was able to get the run in between periods of rain. It misted a little bit, but not too bad. It was around 46f. I finally switched my watch to kilometers and set up a 6k interval. I didn’t have a specific course laid out, but thought that I could add bits and pieces here and there to the loop around Wirth lake from home which is approximately a 5k.

After the warm-up I increased my pace and tried to hold it steady. I wandered around a little bit but ended up basically running the same route as yesterday which was my own fault but a little annoying! My overall 6K time was 31:30 which was slower than I thought it would be but I’ll take it and build from here. This was 8:27 per mile average.

Overall distance was 5.09 miles in 47:41.

04052019 – Run

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On tap today was yesterday’s missed long interval workout. I struggled with what workout to do, but opted for this as I know the progression will be more intervals. It was 4×800 at 6K pace with 3 minutes of rest between. I ran into Wirth again, but stayed on the paved trails as much as possible so that I wouldn’t get stuck in the mud! It was dark and a little foggy/misty and about 36f.

The splits were:

5:11

4:21

4:11

3:55

I like seeing them get faster and also know that terrain played a difference in them a little bit too, the first one was pretty much all uphill in mud. The last one was pretty much flat pavement! I felt good and didn’t feel like I was running all out.

Overall 4.95 miles in 49:36.

03292019 – Run

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A good way to start Spring Break is by going on a run! It was sunny and about 50 so it was also great to run in shorts!

Pretty muddy and still snow in places. Really should give the trails some more time to dry as it was hard to go up some of the mudiest hills! A rogue biker had been on the small section by 55 and rutted the whole thing.

Amber loved it though.