Training Log Archive: Gswede

A very difficult long run in Fair Hill, Md. A lot of climb on this route. I felt very heavy and sluggish but I did it. The 5 minute tempo at the end felt really tough. Time to rest.

Mileage was not as low as I was hoping since Spence didn't want us to take a rest day this week. So I need to focus on rest and recovery right now so it doesn't all break me down. Discipline is about building yourself up, not breaking yourself down.

Recovery run on the Rail Trail. Very Recovery like.

Warmup/cooldown.

20 minute tempo section on the track with Reilly. This felt really easy.

This part of the workout followed the 20 minute tempo. I never struggled during this. I want to look back at the same workout I did last year and see how I handled it. At any rate this was quite easy. Plan was 4x1200@3:48 on a 4 minute jog.
Times:
3:48
3:48
3:47
3:44
On the last one Reilly was leading but then it came to the last hundred meters and I could tell he was starting to turn over a bit more. So I said screw it and went after it. Even when I was sprinting away from him it felt easy. I never got out of breath. This is good training.

Scooter loop with Evans, Reilly, Rice, Schelander, and Gillette. We were hammering. A little chillier out but that was fine. I felt tired and heavy this run and then I realized how fast we were going.

A progression run with Reilly out and back on Britton Rd. The plan was first 3rd easy, 2nd 3rd moderate, and last 3rd at a comfortably hard pace. At every 3rd Reilly was hammering the pace and one-stepping me. When we got to the comfortably hard 3rd he started running a 5:25 pace. I got pissed off and stopped letting him hammer me and took over the lead. I ran the next mile in 5:19 and dropped him. After that I was running 5:38s. I'm not sure whether this was a good or bad thing. I am glad to know that I'm able to do this though. It actually felt surprisingly easy.

Easy Peiper Rd. with some pals. Perfect running weather. Legs felt a little heavy towards the end. Nothing too bad though.

Very easy short run with Reilly. Perfect running weather. 50s and cloudy. I wish it was like this year round.