Strength

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Strength workouts started today. 

2mi warm up
x6(1mi @mp-10, 400m recovery)
2mi cool down

I took a pretty straight shot out Shattuck turned into the neighborhood just on the other side of the I-675 overpass, and then circled back around to take Wiess most of the way back home. Pretty straight forward little route other than some indecision about going north or south on Michigan Ave. Thankfully I realized that if I went north I would have to come up over the McCarty hill, and I just didn't want to deal with that this morning. Maybe if I make it to Boston and need hill work I'll do that more often, but today I just wanted to successfully complete the work.

The first time I did this workout was back in August and the thermometer read 77 degrees at 3am in the morning. Too hot. I crashed on the 5th interval and just couldn't pull off the 6th in the way I wanted to. I felt frustrated at the time. I redeemed my self when it came around the second time a few weeks later. This time I ran really even. My recovery time increased between pretty significantly between interval 4 and 5 so maybe there is some fatiguing happening or maybe I just felt a bit more relaxed. One way or the other, I felt smooth.

These strength workouts are so much more tolerable than the speed workouts. I can hold the distances and get into a pace so much better over a mile rather than over 800 or even 1200 meters. Of course I may be singing a different tune next week after the 16 miler on Sunday.

Rest day tomorrow.



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