I felt like a weight-gainer.

Sunday--27:00 minutes easy on the muddy XC course and around Rustin.

Saturday--I desperately needed a track, so I made my way to Swarthmore's campus.  As I completed my warmup on the track on this 55-degree day, an announcement came over the loud speaker that the infield and track needed to be cleared for a LAX game.  Argh.  So, I gathered my stuff and eventually made my way to the worn down, non-competition indoor track.  My workout was 12x200 with a 3:00/200m walk-rest in-between runs.  The goal paces were 3x30, 3x29, 3x28, and 3x27.

32,30,30
29,29,29
28,28,28
I then had to take a longer break before the last set.
27,28,27

I felt disappointed that I had to run indoors and that I had to try harder than I should have for the 27s. I felt like a weight-gainer.

Friday--took off; too much to do

Thursday--took off; to much to do.

Wednesday--22:00 easy in the wee hours of the morning

Tuesday--Went to the Y, warmed up a mile, stretched quite a bit, then made my way to the treadmill for 6x600 with 3:00 recovery between repeats.  My target pace was 1:50/1:55

Run 1: setting on 13.1 (4:38 pace)--1:57
Run 2: setting on 13.3 (4:34 pace)--1:55
Run 3: setting on 13.4 (4:32 pace)--1:54
Run 4: setting on 13.5 (4:28 pace)--1:52
Run 5: setting on 13.8 (4:20 pace)--1:49

Run 6: setting on 13.9 (4:16 pace)-1:47

The last time I did this workout I discovered that it took anywhere from 43-47 seconds to reach the "200m mark" (.125M) during this workout.  This means that the balance of the 600, the remaining 400, was covered in 64-71 seconds, the first run being the 71-second 400, the last run being the 64-second quarter.  This makes sense pace-wise.

As with before, I was a little self-conscious.
Monday--mile/lift/mile/lift/mile