Thursday, June 28, 2018

6/4/18 to 6/24/18: Racing into Shape

I'll do a separate post for the Ocean to Bay 5 Miler and BHZ 5k for the race reports, but the training for the past three weeks has been trending in the right direction.  The knee and hip had been an issue, but they are currently not a concern.  Good health seems to be coming at the right time too.  I'm tentatively targeting the Friday Night Lights 10k as my next serious race.  Though I'll probably hop in another race between now and then, I'd love to get in a good month's worth of training.  We'll see how it goes, since summer tends to throw a lot of obstacles in the way.

Anyways:

4-Jun Easy 1:12:00 9.06 AM: 9+ at 7:45ish after a slow first mile with Raleigh.  Left hip a little bit achey, and right knee sensative - no compression on it today though.
Moderate 0:52:00 7.21 PM: Quickish at around 7:15/mile.
5-Jun Easy 1:10:00 9.02 AM: 9+ at 7:50/mile.
Easy 0:48:00 6.3 PM: 6+ at 7:40/mile.  Skipped track initially due to everything running late, but I was actually really tired and my left hip seems to have tendonitis, so probably for the best…still bummed though.
6-Jun Easy 0:41:00 5.06 AM: 5m left at 6am.  That's too damn early.
MLR Moderate 12.13 PM: 12+ w/10m at probably 6:45/mile then final 2m with Raleigh.  Felt a little wonky here and there, but for the most part I was ok once I got going - hence the impromtu MLR.
7-Jun MLR Easy 1:19:23 10.1 AM: 10+ commute at 7:50/mile.  No ibuprofen and felt ok considering yesterday was a decent effort.  Right knee improving and left hip joint takes awhile to warm up.
Easy & Ultimate 0:56:45 7.07 PM: Skipped the Adrian Martinez Classic, which was a bummer, but I'm just not where I would like to be.  Ran home, played ultimate, drove to Truro.  Still a long night.
8-Jun Easyish 1:00:28 8.01 AM: 8m at 7:33/mile.  Not bad!
Easy 0:36:24 4.62 PM: 4m lunch run at 7:53/mile.
9-Jun MLR 1:17:00 10.07 AM: 10m at 7:39/mile.  Ran to pick up the beach and transfer station stickers then added on.
Off 0:00:00 0 PM: Surf and turf with the family!  Goooood food!
10-Jun Ocean to Bay 0:28:42 5 AM: 1st place! Three-peat!  Slowest time yet though…
Etc 1:00:00 6.47 PM: Warm up + cool down + shakeoutish…
11-Jun MLR 1:19:39 10.44 AM:  Got to bed early, so was able to get out early for a nice MLR.  10+ at 7:38/mile.  Right knee feels close to 100%.  Left hip/leg is ok after a warm up and trending in the right direction.
Easy 0:56:50 7.14 PM: 7+ at 7:57/mile.
12-Jun Easy 1:09:02 8.58 AM: Run Raleigh then commute.  8+ at 8min per.
Commute & Track 1:40:09 13.06 PM: Ran home, then to track w/Raleigh.  (1200/600)x3/400.  Never felt like I loosened up, but very happy to be back on the track.  Very windy too, so that was beneficial in keeping me mentally focused on just relaxing.  Oddly, calves still feel kind of crampish at the end of workouts.
13-Jun Easy 1:09:20 8.41 AM: 8+ super slow.  Really tired and legs were mush.  Averaged 8:14/mile.
Easy 0:50:42 6.24 PM:  Gah, really tired.  Regular commute at around 8per.
14-Jun Easy 1:03:52 8.03 AM: Still a little tired, but not as bad.  8+ at 7:50ish after a slow first couple of miles the legs warmed up for lower 7s.
Commute & Ultimate * Cool Down 1:23:00 10.81 PM: Total mileage looks tame, but this was an exhausting evening.  Ran home, to ultimate, played, ran to TJs, and didn't eat until about 10pm.  Right knee is about 95% and left leg is improving, but probably 70%.
15-Jun Easy 1:03:15 8 AM: 8m commute at 7:54/mile.
Easy 0:51:00 6.22 PM: 6+ and some w/Eli and Raleigh.
16-Jun Easy 0:38:39 5.47 AM: 5m total, with Fresh Pond 1 lapper (winner winner!).  Averaged ~5:45 for the 2.5m.
Off 0:00:00 0 PM: Off.
17-Jun Battle Road 2:00:04 16.28 AM: Battle Road w/Kevin.  Skipped the Grand Prix.  Averaged 7:23/mile and felt pretty good.
Off 0:00:00 0 PM: Off.
18-Jun Easy 1:06:51 8.42 AM: 8m commute at just under 8per.
Easy 0:48:53 6.3 PM: 6+ at 7:46/mile.
19-Jun Easy 1:06:32 8.42 AM: 8m commute at 7:54/mile.
Harvard Track 1:44:50 13.3 PM: (1000/200)x4/400x2.  All splits were a bit slow, but I got through it which was important for today.
20-Jun Easy 0:44:51 5.42 AM: Early meeting so a shorter commute.  Also slower to keep the legs from getting too cooked.
Easy 0:52:41 6.43 PM: 6+ slow again.
21-Jun Short Speed 1:02:36 8.28 AM: 8+ at 7:34/mile.  Went to the track and did 5 x 400 at around 1:15 per quarter.
Easy 1:05:29 8.68 PM: 8+ at 7:33/mile.  Legs felt pretty good.
22-Jun Recovery 0:57:39 6.36 AM: 6+ fairly slow with Raleigh in tow.  Good recovery though.
Easy 0:59:31 8.02 PM: 8+ at 7:25/mile.  Feels like I have a normal stride!
23-Jun Easy 0:50:38 6.5 AM: 6+ very easy at 7:47/mile.
Off 0:00:00 0 PM: Off.
24-Jun BHZ 5k PS 0:16:37 3.18 AM: BHZ 5k.  7th overall with a good battle with ChrisK.  I eased back with 350 or so to go, in an attempt to go on his shoulder, and then couldn't get the legs back.  My kick sucked, but this was a great effort and a great move in the right direction.
Warm up, Cool down, Shakeout 1:27:00 11.05 This includes 5m warm up, 1+ c/d, and 4+ evening shakeout.

6/12 Splits:
1200-4:11.16
600-1:58.2
1200-4:08.9
600-1:59.3
1200-4:08.7
600-1:59.9
400-1:13.3

6/19 Splits:
1000-3:28.1
200-37.1
1000-3:27.7
200-36.1
1000-3:28.2
200-36.9
1000-3:27.1
200-36.5
400-1:16.7
400-1:13.7

6/21 Splits:
400-1:14.1
400-1:15.1
400-1:12.9
400-1:13.1
400-1:12.2

Totals: 100.12, 108.68, 100.36

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