11/16 to 11/22: A Bad Day A Good Sign

So on Thursday I went to the Harvard indoor track looking to build on last week's very good workout of 400x4/600x2/400x4.  I showed up feeling really tired, but hoping that was just residual work-fatigue.  The plan was to try one of two workouts: 400x3/600x4/400x3 or 400x4/800x2/400x4...I ended up leaning towards the former, but after both the second and third reps felt like they fighting against me I decided to stick to the vanilla 400x10.

As the workout progressed, I was never hitting the target of 72 second quarters, and each rep felt like I was forcing the issue. Luckily I was recovering well enough, but there was still a lot of thought about ending the workout at six reps and again at eight. In the end, I finished all ten.  And though I never hit 72, I averaged about 73 mid.  That works out to be roughly 4:54 mile pace.

...So on a shit day, I was able to still hit respectable splits. I think that's a good sign.

bangpowboom:

16-Nov		Long Run		0:07:37		18.47		Battle Road with the CSU gang. Felt a bit tired throughout, but the last 2 miles I felt really strong and decided to go with it. Almost kept going.
17-Nov		Easy/Easy		0:07:45		10.4		AM: What a crappy rainy commute. 4+ at 7:45/mile. PM: 6+ at 7:50/mile through a LOT of rain and puddles.
18-Nov		Easy/Intervals				17.56		AM: Commute 4+ a 7:45/mile. PM: Commute home + 800/1000/1200/1000/800/400/200, 5k effort for 800 and up mile effort for 400 & 200. It was very cold and windy, so the splits were slow, but the effort was there. I'm becoming more and more pleased with my recovery in between reps.
19-Nov		Easy/East		0:07:32		13.15		AM: 6+ commute back during lunch at 7:30/mile. PM: 6+ at whatever.
20-Nov		Easy/Mile Training				16.76		AM: Commute 4m at whatever. PM: Commute home plus 400x10. Had a different workout planned, but I was fighting through every rep so I stuck with the vanilla quarters. Positive takeaway is that I was only 1 second slow on each rep. Bad days are still pretty good.
21-Nov		Easy/Easy		0:07:50		8.1		AM: 4m Commute PM: 4m Commute
22-Nov		Easy		0:07:40		4.23		Easy around the Charles. Tired legs.

Tuesday Splits:

800-2:52.62

1000-3:29.54

1200-4:10.25

1000-3:27.32

800-2:46.49

400-1:13.85

200-31.00

Thursday Splits:

400-1:12.98

400-1:13.15

400-1:13.49

400-1:14.03

400-1:13.25

400-1:13.47

400-1:13.87

400-1:13.51

400-1:13.15

400-1:13.37

Total: 88.67