Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

My plan today was to hike through the Enchantments with my family, a 20 mile hike. The forecast was for "showers", but we thought it would be reasonable, so we left home at 3:30am and drove for 2 hours. When we got there it was rain. Not showers. So we bailed. About an hour in on our way back, the weather cleared up, so we drove to a different trailhead, and ate breakfast, but as we were eating it started raining again. No hiking. We did end up going to Costco, which made it the longest trip to Costco I've ever been on (7.5 hours).

On a good note, it meant I was able to make the Sunday run with the team! I finally ran the full thing. We ran down with the boys but slowed down on our way back up.

2.2 mile warmup. 5x 4min tempos with 2min rest. 1.6 mile cool down.

The waterpark run, down the Cedar River trail to the waterpark! Most of the team stayed to enjoy the waterpark, and we pretty much had the place to ourselves.

It's time for me to retire my shoes because I've had these ones since January. They're definitely getting worn.

Today was 1.6 mile warmup, tempos (5, 4, 3, 4, 5) with 2 minutes rest and 5 minutes before going back up, and a 2 mile cool down. I felt slow today, but I think that's partially because Carlyn was nearly keeping up with the twins, and I was a bit behind Carlyn. We stopped to pet an adorable saint Bernard puppy during our 5 minute rest!

Jimi with Carlyn and Coach. We caught up to the boys at the very end.

4x 1200m, with 2-3 minutes rest. 4:39, 4:53, 5:03, 4:57.

This workout felt very sluggish. Carlyn and I were not consistent, both with our overall times and our 400m splits (we started out fast and slowed down in every interval). I had been feeling pretty good, and with the cool weather I expected it to go better. I guess some days are just like that.