Fri 3/19 - PM 80 minutes incl. 8x1000

25 minute warmup, drills, then 2 sets of 4x1000. I would have liked to do two sets of five reps but I was feeling Friday tired in a big way after the way this week has gone, getting home late four nights in a row thanks to the flood-related road closures. Also feeling twinges in the right IT band all day at work, this wasn't an issue during the workout thoutgh. Not entirely sure what pace would be sustainable, found a groove from the outset that I was able to maintain although there was little progression to be had.

3:22.6 - 3:21.7 - 3:20.1 - 3:21.7
3:20.5 - 3:20.9 - 3:18.7 - 3:17.1

just under 200m jog recoveries between reps, this took around a minute. Four minutes between sets. Effort didn't feel much different from the sixth rep to the seventh, but the last one felt plenty tiring. Continued warmth, directly related to the airway feeling noticeably irritated post-workout. A bummer, I may have missed a day or two of taking the athsma pill of late.

Thu 3/18 - PM 80 minutes easy

Lincoln woods. Footing a little dicey in places, pine cones everywhere after the weekend's storm, but still exciting to be back on the trails. Plenty of wet spots of course. Kept it relaxed, threw in 4 pickups near the end. Another unseasonably warm day. Checked out the river @117 crossing, not as high as I thought it would be. Still quite high, stubbornly so, and 27+117 still closed until further notice which means either sit in traffic for hours or wait until 8 PM to head home.

Wed 3/17 - PM 75 minutes easy

Stuck in the massive rt 27/20/126 Wayland traffic jam courtesy of the flood, decided to park at the library and check out the river's swollen majesty on foot. It didn't disappoint, trudged around barefoot in it for about 45 seconds before the cold became unbearable. Pace was relaxed easy until the last 5 minutes when it picked up a bit. Very tired, got home late last night thanks to the flood, woke up obscenely early this morning to beat the traffic. No real opportunity to stretch after the run and by the time I got home it was too late.

Tue 3/16 - AM 70 minutes incl. 12k threshold run

Back to the 4k Longfellow loop. After Sunday's effort and a very late bedtime last night I was fully prepared to cut bait on this workout if necessary but it felt quite controlled instead, from start to finish. Compared to last time, no stalling out at 10k, and the progression of the pace came naturally without putting in any undue effort to do so. Fair weather breeze blowing of course, from the NNW so a tailwind the first half of each loop and a headwind coming back. Splits as follows for 1600/1600/760:

6:14/6:14/2:58
6:04/6:09/2:57
5:54/5:56/2:51

Mon 3/15 - 30 minutes

Round and round the floor of RLTAC. No way in hell was I running outside, what with the third and final day of the lingering nor'easter still hammering away even though it's finally due to leave soon. No desire to run on the treadmill, little desire to run period so I stopped after half an hour and did more stretching instead.

Sun 3/14 - AM 60 minutes incl. 5k in 16:48

Disgusting weather continued from yesterday, while not quite as bad as I had feared it was still pretty bad. Race went out quite tactically for what I was expecting, pace dropped substantially after about 1k, from there on out I was running alone in second. Pace was quite even despite the fact that the middle mile had maybe less of a headwind, theoretically. Felt reasonably good throughout, although some question as to how much the conditions slowed things down. Had some concern about how the left adductor would hold up to the effort of racing but it wasn't an issue. Not especially well-rested and daylight savings didn't help any in that regard. Conditions took their toll afterward, took forever to get warm again even after peeling off all the wet clothes.