On Thursday I skipped the Hollis 5k. A wise choice since downhills had bothered my Achilles the most when attempting to return, and that is an all downhill course. Added bonus is that I don't have a crazy outlier of a PR. Then on Saturday I ended up with an impromptu day off after a timing mix up on travel plans. I was miffed at first, but during the drive back I gave it some more thought and reluctantly decided that it was for the best. I'm am too easily addicted to streaks, and killing this 20-something day streak now will hopefully make it easier to back off later on if necessary.
The stuff!:
| 7-Jun | Battle Road | 0:07:43 | 15.17 | Battle Road - easy 1m on my own, the rest with the group. Felt pretty good. | ||||
| 8-Jun | Easy/Easy | 12.12 | AM: 4m in 7:35min. | |||||
| 9-Jun | Easy/Intervals | 19.64 | AM: 4m commute at 8min. PM: 7m warm up, 800/400/600/800/1200/800/300. Rain/lightening shortened intervals. Started out ok, then slowed down due to heavy legs. Very warm out. Saw double rainbow on run home and then a huge family of geese cross Mem Drive. |
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| 10-Jun | Easy/Easy | 12.47 | AM: 4m commute at 8min. PM: Commute home + Raleigh + jog to Chipotle, no time. |
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| 11-Jun | Easy/Fartlek+Strides | 11.17 | AM: 4m commute at 8min. PM: 1m w/up and 5m farlek followed by 10 Poplar strides. Hot out, felt sluggish. Strides in old racing flats felt great. |
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| 12-Jun | Easy/Easy | 10.11 | AM: 4m commute at 7:50
per. PM: 6m commute at 7:30 per. |
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| 13-Jun | Fresh Pond | 0 | Had to leave earlier than originally thought to get to Truro, and I decided on the drive home that I need to accept days off here and there without all the fuss. Still…I was fussy. |
Splits:
800-2:46.99
400-1:15.68
600-1:58.84
800-2:49.42
1200-4:23.05
800-2:53.11
300-54.84
Total: 80.68
Good to see you back. I had about a month of Achilles related downtime myself at the start of the year. I know how good it feels to get back on the roads after that ridiculous injury.
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