I was running!: 1/22/2018 to 1/28/2018: Time Trial & Training

I'm still not sure how I feel about this whole Mon-Sun schedule, but I started it so I can't stop now.

I'm missing some of these mid-week 10+ milers, but with two track sessions a week I'm erring on the side of caution. I suppose I'm sort of getting it with a 10m tot run on Saturdays, but that's due to the warm up and cool down after my tempos. It works for now. Only one week to go before the Valentine meet at BU, and my final (and only) attempt at the mile this season.

The tempo is worth mentioning briefly...this is the third week in a row I've done an 8m tempo, and each one has been a little bit better than the last. I haven't quite decided yet how I want these to evolve, but I'd like to attempt to extend this to 14m. Whether that remains part of a Saturday workout, or is integrated into a long run remains to be seen. It's also a tall order for a workout.

The workout on Tuesday morning was fairly terrible, but I reached a certain level of discomfort and that was the primary goal. I'd love to smash every workout with perfect paces, but sometimes getting familiar with the feeling of racing a mile is enough.

Thursday night was particularly interesting. I haven't had the chance to enter a mile race, and so I decided that I'd do a time trial so that the Valentine meet isn't my first and only attempt at the mile. So Danny and Kevin were kind enough to join me, and I'd say it went well. I had one lap where Stephen gave me my split at 37s, but I look at that as a learning opportunity. It's easy to think, "stay smooth, stay comfortable" for a race - but sometimes that's not quite what needs to happen in a mile race. With a goal time in mind, I need to burn it into my brain that at some point I'm going to be extremely uncomfortable and when I turn the screws - it may simply result in maintaining the same pace. On this night, I heard the 37s and immediately adjusted, getting back into the 35-36s range. From 600 out, I made the effort to start accelerating, and I could sense Danny falling back a little bit. With 200 to go, I also heard him ask, "how many laps are left!!!" How can you talk in a mile race!? In any case, I started to move a bit quicker before putting in my kick with only about 30 meters left. I finished in 4:47 and change and was very satisfied. I felt like I had a lot left in the tank, and whether that means I have 7s remains to be seen, but it was a great time trial and Danny ended up PRing by about 6 seconds!

We also lined up for a 200 meter time trial, in which Danny smoked me in 25 seconds and change to my 27 seconds and change. I'll take it though. That's the fastest recorded 200 meters I've ever run, so I've knocked off my first PR of 2018.

Ok, that was long winded. Here it is!

22-Jan	Easyish	1:01:05	8.09	AM: 8m commute at 7:30ish.
22-Jan	Easyish	1:01:40	8.19	PM: 8m commute at 7:30ish.
23-Jan	Harvard Track	1:16:00	9.19	AM: 200/400/600/200/800/600/400/200. Mildly disappointing, but a crowded track and finished well on the 800. Cutting some slack due to the previous few days volume and quality.
23-Jan	Easy	1:03:13	8.11	PM: 8+ at 7:48/mile.
24-Jan	Easy	1:05:29	8.17	AM: 8+ at 8:01/mile.
24-Jan	Easy	1:05:45	8.06	PM: Commute plus some with Raleigh for 8m tot at 8:09/mile.
25-Jan	Easy	1:01:55	8.08	AM: 8m commute at 7:40/mile.
25-Jan	BU Track	1:35:00	12.13	PM: Commute home the BU. 1m time trial, 200 meter time trial, 1000x4. Solid mile, and PR in the 200. Ks were pretty solid too!
26-Jan	Easy	1:01:10	8.09	AM: What's that like 7:30 something?
26-Jan	Easy	0:38:22	5.03	PM: 7:37/mile.
27-Jan	Long Tempo	1:02:49	10.06	AM: 8m tempo averaging just under 6/mile. 10tot.
27-Jan	Off	0:00:00	0	PM: Off.
28-Jan	CSU Long Run	2:35:41	20.03	AM: ANOTHER 20 miler. Averaged 7:40ish. Slow middle miles on the trails then opened it up a tad for the last stretch. Need to monitor my right Achilles.
28-Jan	Off	0:00:00	0	PM: Off.

Tuesday Splits w/Rest:

200-35.69