Merry Christmas

12/25/10--Merry Christmas. Hmm. Thinking about taking the day off.

12/24/10--I thought I'd do a pick-up reps workout: 8x400

warmed up 1.0 mile

goal pace: 72 for #s 1,3,4,6,7; 65 for #s 2,5,8 with 200m/1:45 rest (100 walk/100 jog)in-between runs. I started with a 73 and then realized that today it would not be. I decided to do what I thought about doing in the first place: 300s (53s and 48s) with the same 200 me/1:45 rest. My runs: 49,53,53,49,52,52,48. Then I did 7 100s to compensate for doing the 300s instead of 400s. The 100s were in 15.8, 15.8, 14.8, 14.8, 13.7, 13.6, 12.9. The first two (15s) were supposed to be my current 800 pace; the next two (14s) were supposed to be my 800 goal pace; the next two (13s) were supposed to be my current 400 pace; the last one (12.9) was supposed to be my goal 400s pace. I was disappointed with not being able to do the 400s, but understood that perhaps I was asking too much of my body since I had not eaten anything and had done 7.9 the previous day.

Cooled down 1.1 mile
I need some speed work, and I need to cut back on my recovery.

12/23/10--
It was 25 degrees!
Like last week, I arrived at the country club late. Once I got to the top of the slight incline over the first .1 mi I saw the crew...about 2 minutes ahead of me. Like last week, it would take some effort to catch up. I could feel that I was inching closer to the pack as the first miles passed. At about the 3.8 mile mark, I caught up with them. Then I downshifted the pace. At the 4-mile mark, I was at 27:20. (Last week I was at 27:10.) I held a good pace going up the Barkley Friends hill and saw 53:00+ as I made the turn onto Ashbridge. 7.9 in 57:40. First half of the run was 6:50 pace; the second half was about 7:45. The second half of the run was really comfy-cozy.