Fall Classic training – Week 1 – Survived!
| 15/10 | XT | 60 min yoga class |
| 16/10 | 5.8 miles | Speedwork: 6x800m in 4:14/4:09/4:07/4:03/4:05/4:04 (1 min) |
| 17/10 | 3.0 miles | Easy run: avg 10:00 min/mile (treadmill) & yoga class |
| 18/10 | 6.0 miles | Tempo run: 4 miles @ 8:42/8:34/8:20/8:10 |
| 19/10 | - | Rest day |
| 20/10 | 11.0 miles | Long run: avg 9:50 min/mile |
| 21/10 | 4.0 miles | Recovery run: avg 9:57 min/mile |
| Total | 29.8 miles | YTD: 912.5 miles |
I survived the first week of my new training program. Having week 1 clock in at nearly 30 miles is a new experience for me but I think all in all it went pretty well. I’m still adjusting to running in autumn weather. Sunrise in Seattle is at about 7:30 am right now and last week we had typically raining and windy weather. On Wednesday morning I looked outside at 6:15 am and I just did not want to deal with running in the cold, dark, windy and rainy conditions. I could probably handled 2 of the 4 but not all 4. So I immediately came up with a plan B and got myself into school by 7:30 am so that I could do an easy 3 miles before my lunch time yoga class. I did the same thing on Thursday and did my tempo run at lunch. Although that was because I had an important meeting with my advisor at 9:30 am and not because I whimped out of running in the morning. That seems to work OK and I’ll probably keep that schudeule up for the rest of the quarter.
I finally broke my Green Lake habit on Saturday morning. Since moving into the neighbourhood at the start of September I’ve been doing all my long runs around Green Lake which means they’ve been almost pancake flat. This time I did a big loop through Ravenna Park, across the Montlake bridge into to the Arboretum, along Interlaken Blvd, across the Eastlake bridge to Burke Gillman trail, up the Stone Way hill and finally back along Green Lake to home. The hills definitely look more out of my legs than I’m used to but I think it will be good for me.
I’ve now broken into the 900′s for my year to date mileage. I anticipate breaking the 1000 mile mark sometime during week 4 of this training program. Breaking 1000 was one of my goals for 2007 so it will be pretty exciting when I get there!