4/27/18

Week of 4/9-4/15

Mon 4/9 - PM 60 minutes easy

Tue 4/10 - PM 50 minutes incl. 3x200, 2x300, 3x200. In theory this was to be done at 800 pace which felt like a serious ask given how little of that kind of thing I typically do. Short recovery within each set--40 seconds between 200s and a minute between the 300s--with 5 minutes break between the sets. Locked in to roughly the same pace throughout, glad that I was consistent even though the numbers are hardly impressive. This was mile pace not so very long ago. Splits:
34.6/35.2/35.0
52/1/53.6
34.9/35.3/35/4

Wed 4/11 - PM 60 minutes easy.

Thu 4/12 -PM 70 minutes easy. Legs still not feeling so hot.

Fri 4/13 - off. Not an ideal piece of scheduling but somewhat unavoidable as I went to the ballgame.

Sat 4/14 - AM 65 minutes incl. 5k road race. Went somewhat as expected, in that I felt tired and dragging from the word go. Got to bed late last night after a solid week of getting to bed too late to start with. Not much mojo to apply to the proceedings as a result. Focused solely on being top old fart which seemed to be going swimmingly until I took a peek at the halfway turnaround mark to see the only potential competition stalking me. I had been looking forward to letting up a bit in the last mile but wasn't able to as a result. Typically breezy along the shore but not overwhelming. A bit chilly but not dramatically cold or anything. Longish wandering cooldown which was a putter.

Sun 4//15 - AM 90+ minutes very easy, Lincoln woods. Meandering run back and forth in the woods similar to last Sunday in most respects.

4/24/18

Week of 4/2-4/8

Mon 4/2 - PM 50 minutes incl. 8x60 second hills. After much hemming and hawing I decided to go with Adams Road, right around the corner from the stretch of High Street I originally had in mind. The hill in question wasn't a uniform slope and leveled off near the top but overall it felt like it served the purpose.

Tue 4/3 - PM 60 minutes easy

Wed 4/4 - PM 55 minutes incl. 8x300. Supposed to run 3(3x300) starting at 3k pace and getting down to mile pace. A minute between reps and 3 minutes between sets. Really there was no getting down to speak of and I had to bag out of the last repeat. Flat and tired from the jump and felt listless. Started the warmup in a downpour which was followed quickly by stiff winds as the cold front arrived. Not exactly delightful conditions. Splits:
57.9, 57.7, 58.2
57.4, 56.6, 57.8
56.8, 58.4

Thu 4/5 - PM 60 minutes easy

Fri 4/6 - PM 45 minutes

Sat 4/7 - AM 60 minutes incl. 8k on Longfellow loop. Absolute garbage, no progressing of the pace to speak of and running laughably slow to begin with. At no point did the 6:15 pace feel like it should have. Splits:
6:13/6:20/2:58
6:13/6:16/2:56

Sun 4/8 -  AM 90 minutes easy, Lincoln woods. Wandering putter back and forth on the trails.