Mon 11/6 - PM 45 minutes easy. Took the usual good long while to get going. Left leg stiff from yesterday but not going nearly fast enough to aggravate it further.
Tue 11/7 - PM 70 minutes easy, Lincoln woods. A taste of freedom from the seemingly never ending grind of kiddie practices. Not quite the same running in the woods at this time of year compared to the summer, with gloomy overcast and the sun about to set with leaves covering everything on the trail. And of course no hope at all of getting in the pond which sits forlorn in its chilly depths. Legs stiff and clunky for most of the run.
Wed 11/8 - PM 55 minutes incl. 8x3 minute pickups. Piss poor attempt at something resembling a long rep threshold workout, with the left hamstring/piriformis feeling stuck and twinging the entire way. Apart from that, the energy level was also lacking, made for a dismal effort all told. Thankfully I didn't try doing anything measured on the track.
Thu 11/9 - off. Super tired.
Fri 11/10 - AM 30 minutes very easy, putter around Maynard PM 45 minutes easy. Cold and viciously windy.
Sat 11/11 - AM 50 minutes incl. 8k progression on the track. Meandering warmup. Forced by scheduling of kiddie meet to do this workout in the tail end of the arctic blast that came through yesterday. Also still windy although not the wind tunnel that it was yesterday. Combination of all these factors made for a supremely unimpressive start to the cut-down. Finally made it under the mythic 6 minute pace barrier at the very end. Splits by 800:
3:17/3:12/3:06/3:05/3:04/3:04/3:01/3:01/2:57
Sun 11/12 - AM 80 minutes very easy, Area 51. Easy putter in the woods with the CH, with a few breaks to check out the scenery.
