Mental toughness

Saturday, 11/21/15-Met with Bruce, Duncan, Mary, Tim, and Rebecca at Radnor HS for an 8AM workout, a departure from our recent Sunday morning series.  The workout was for Bruce to do 8 x 200; I'd keep pace with him and tack on an additional 100.  Duncan and Tim would run 8x300 as well.  Bruce was supposed to hit his first four 200s in 30 and his second four in 28.   I was supposed to pass through the 200 mark in 30 for my first four and in 28 for my second four.   We would take 3:30 between the first four runs, 7:00 between sets, and 4:30 between the second four runs.

Bruce: Set 1: 30-mid, 30-low, 31-low, 30-high; Set 2: 28-low, 28-mid, 28-high, 29-low.
Me: Set 1: 30-mid/47-low, 30-low/46-high, 31-low/48-low, 30-high/47-mid; Set 2: 29-low/45-low, 29-mid/45-mid, 30-mid/48-low, 30-low/47-mid.

Bruce was pleased with his workout, whereas I wasn't.  I had an off day.  Then again, I should check to see how this workout stacks up against a similar lot.

Duncan and Tim had what appeared to be a great series.

Hats off to Bruce for mental toughness...and for the coffee and almond croissant.

Friday, 11/20/15-took off

Thursday, 11/19/15-Arrived at the WC Country Club at 5:39 AM, but the crew had already taken off.  They were early, and I was on time.  At any rate, I spent the first 3/4 mile catching up with the folks in the rear and the next 3/4 or so after that catching up with the folks in the front.  I learned that the workout was 8 x 2:00 on/1:00 off.  I got the drift close to 100 meters behind John Lavin and Ed McConnell; the rest of the power group were taking it easy on account of having competed the night before.  Lavin and Ed would nearly double their lead by the time we stopped at the 4M mark.  (We started at the usual corner, about 1.7M or so into the run.  12:20.)  I wound up running my usual 7.1M route...in about 50:30.