Clash of the "Tightens"

Friday, June 19--Drove to YMCA for a little lifting.

Thursday, June 18--Despite my tighteness and sore back, I opted to skip the longer distance in favor of 3 sets of 3x300(...with 100m slow jog in-between repeats and a 400m slow jog between sets). As with before, my hope was to run 48s for my 300s with a minute-long slow jog-rest in-between repeats and 500 meters jog-rest in-between sets in 4:30-5:00.

Set 1: 49,48,49
Set 2: 48,49,49
Set 3: 48,48,49

Overall, I felt pretty good. This was my best series for this workout yet. I have to decide whether I'd like to do this workout this weekend or opt for something else.

Wednesday, June 17--5.4 miles. Tight back/legs.

Tuesday, June 16--Henderson. Workout: 3 200-meter strides, mile time trial, 4x200. The mile time trial was a bit challenging to do 6 in the morning. I should have worn my spikes, opting instead for my racing flats. A few had spikes. For the time trial there were a number of people (Manion, Ed, me) looking to run under 5:00, some (Scott Burns, Scott Purcell) under 4:45. I got out well enough and felt good. We hot 73 at the 400, then 2:27 at the half (this was a full mile, too). I was just a few meters behind the leaders. I felt myself losing confidence during the third lap, though. I saw 3:45 after 3 laps. I saw Scott and Ed and others begin to extend their lead. I really tightened up during the last 200 meters, which led to an 82-second last lap to cap my time off at 5:07. Manion passed me at the top of the straight to run 5:02.

The 200s came soon afterwards. I began with 38, then 35, then 32, then 29, the strongest series of the crew. (200 jog in-between). Tight back/legs.

Monday, June 15--recovery run. 4 miles.