running short on gas!

Mon, 9/13-

Drove to the Y and did an easy 5.75M run beginning at 6:50ish.

8:33, 8:13, 8:04, 8:03, 7:53, 5:33 (.75M)...46:20

Sun, 9/12-

At Ocean Resort in Atlantic City...

Went to the fitness center

Mile in 8:30

stretch for 5:00

Mile in 7:55

lift for 5:00

Mile in 7:55

ab exercises

Mile in 7:55

stretch

Sat, 9/11-

Drove to the Delaware Raritan Canal trail. Warmed up a mile (out and back). Trail is damaged from Hurricane Ida (rising water and clearing machinery caused the trail beginning a quarter-mile in from Millstone section of Hillsborough to become chewed up and too uneven to run on. 

So after warming up and stretching, I drove over to Colonial Park, where I figured I'd end up anyway. I parked in the northwest corner of the park near the baseball diamond and picnic area.

I decided on 5x1000, using my Garmin to measure (.62M). I'd take 2:30 between each effort. The first effort was designed to get a feel for the landscape, as I eyeballed the loop I wanted to take. Turns out it worked out just fine. The path led to a rolling hills' worth of 1000 meters. 

3:59, 3:49, 3:49, 3:49, 3:49

Fri, 9/10-

Went to Y and did

Mile in 8:30

stretch for 5:00

Mile in 7:55

lift for 5:00

Mile in 7:55

ab exercises

Thurs, 9/9-

Ran 4M in the rain. 33:00

Wed, 9/8-

On this 63-degree morning (6:15AM), I went to Pingry with hopes of doing...

400--38s/200 for 76s

2:00 rest

600-40s/200 for 2:00

2:30 rest

800--42s/200 for 2:49

3:00 rest

1000--44s/200 for 3:40 

3:30 rest

1200--46s/200 for 4:36  

4:00 rest

1000--44s/200 for 3:40 

3:30 rest

800--42s/200 for 2:49

3:00 rest

600--40s/200 for 2:00 

2:30 rest

400--38s/200 for 76s 

I wound up cutting out the 1200 and the 1000 that followed. Not only was I running short on time, I was running short on gas! This wo looks a lot out of me. In fact, I was 1 sec off in the 400s, 2 sec off in the 600s, 3 sec off in the 800s, and 4 sec off in the 1000s. Perhaps I was too ambitious.

400--38s/200 for 76s 
800--42s/200 for 2:49
1000--43s/200 for 3:38 
1600--44s/200 for 5:53 
600--40s/200 for 2:01 
400--37s/200 for 74s 
200--30s