Training Log Archive: Sandy

Lots of snow shoveling!

C • How much snow? 2

A very easy jog on a short but hilly loop.

Woohoo!!! Planned to do 5 miles down on the drive but my legs felt good, better than usual, on the jog down the hill to the creek. Once on the drive, cranked out the first half in a little over 4:45 (usually 5+ minutes since I'm warming up really), then the next in just over 4:30 and still felt really good. So I said, what the heck, now's as good a time as any, let's see what I can do. And here's what I did: 4:49, 4:34, 4:22, 4:14, 4:44, 4:21 for a grand total of 27:04 for three miles. (There's a hill, very small but still a hill, at the end of the second to last half which always slows me down; I had to really concentrate to pick it back up again on the last half.)

Now you might think that I'd be disappointed to be so close to my goal of doing 3 miles at an average of 9 minute pace and not quite doing it but you'd be wrong. I am absolutely thrilled. This last month I've felt like I'd never ever get under 9:30 pace and even that was going to be tough. So to crank this out is wonderful. I have no idea why I ran so well today - different shoes, lower training volume for a couple weeks, killer days at school building up my endurance ;), TNT, stars aligned, whatever. And I've had two really fun weekends of orienteering as well.

C • Excellent!! 5

Short loop on the trails.

TNT - Bob, Jim, Anne, Lou, Karl, Sandy and me. 5 miles on the drive at an easy pace.

C • sorry we missed it... 1

jog down to the drive and back up the hill home