Training Log Archive: Sandy

Took a walk in the Wissahickon just to get outside after a very rainy weekend. Knees and asthma pretty bad.

Did a good solid hill loop on the trails, making it up to the highest trail between Rex Ave and Valley green, so three climbs from the bottom of the valley to the top. Beautiful day for a run. My knees weren't great though and uphill is easier than down in many respects. I need to get my bike out again or start swimming or something.

Had to be at school all day but it was too nice out to be in the gym so ran on the track. Did 4 laps at a steady pace (2:25,2:22,2:25,2:21) then did 4 laps of "intervals" - hard on the straightaways and easy on the curves (2:12,2:21,2:25,2:19), then had to walk some of the next lap (3:06) to recover, and finished with with 3 laps at normal pace (2:35,2:24,2:24). The last 9+ minutes of the workout were mostly stretching. It was interesting that I had to go so slowly to recover during the easy intervals, that the times for those laps were almost the same as the others; I pushed pretty hard for the 100m straights.

Normal jog down into the valley and then 3 mile run on the Drive. Unfortunately my watch has decided to go bonkers and I can't retrieve my splits. And I was actually quite curious to see what my half mile splits were as I felt fast for the first two and then totally croaked. I think I did the 3 miles in about 28 minutes total. Too tired to jog any of the hill home. Hey, I was proud that I even got out today as it's been raining since I got up. But I was enjoying myself despite being soaked until that last mile...