Training Log Archive: TomN

Easy jog around the neighborhood.

Leaving for Torino tomorrow. With any luck I'll be running in Pragelato and Campionato Regionale Middle next weekend, but just submitting an entry has been an adventure in itself, and getting to the event will no doubt be another.

Intervals at Einstein HS track. I took my own advice and went out early (7:30). It was in the 70s and very humid. Pretty clearly better for running than the 85 and full sun of the last two speed workouts. Jog to the track plus a few stride. Target was 4:16 for 3x1k. Times were 4:08, 4:18, 4:15. Then I threw in a bonus round at 4:24. Jog back.

Another appointment for Mei-An in Rockville, another run while waiting. This time I drove to Lake Needwood and took the trail around the lake, plus another 0.5 mi to and fro the parking lot. In all the orienteering I've done in that park, I haven't been on the lakeside trail except at the far north end where it joins the road for a short distance.

Torrential rain at noon when I was planning to run, but the sun came out and I ran in the afternoon instead.

Tempo run at threshold pace. 12 laps (4800m) with a target pace of 1:50 per lap. I was barely hanging on to the target for half the workout, and then it got hard. I had to talk myself into finishing the workout after the 10th. This is the second weekly track workout that was way off the expected pace. I blame the heat. We'll see if doing this earlier in the morning makes a difference. Splits: 1:51, 1:50, 1:51, 1:49, 1:51, 1:50, 1:51, 1:52, 1:50, 1:51, 1:57, 1:53.