Jeff, one of Craig's friends, changed his work schedule around so that he is able to drive down to Northfield every Friday to do a workout. How lucky am I?!? Once the ski season is over, we should be able to have a pretty good sized/fast group training here in Northfield Friday ...
Tempo Workout
Great workout!
Yeah!!! I was not excited for this workout, not going to lie. It's one of the hardest of the cycle, both physically and mentally. 4x2miles at sub-marathon pace. Good thing I had recruited Pat (bike) and Craig (running) to help, and Craig had recruited Anders (running) to run ...
Watchless! And a “No Freaking Way!” Exclamation!
My training partners don't let me wear a watch on my hard workouts anymore. Rightly so. Since I've been without it, I've slowly built more confidence and paces have been - dare I say it - getting darn close to goal :). Today's workout: 3x1 mile at tempo, 10 miles easy, 3x1 mile ...
Training update
Another week in the right direction! This week I had two hard tempo efforts planned. The first workout: 2x4 miles with 2 miles easy in between. Long WU and CD. Goal is 5:55-6:00. Actual: workout as above with 30 sec "catch your breath" rest halfway into each segment, to help ...
First long tempo – brutal as normal!
Workout: 19 miles with 2x2 miles @5:40 at beginning, 3 miles @whatever I can muster (eventual goal is to hold 5:40s - but I've done enough marathon training cycles to know that type of strength doesn't come until about 3-4 weeks to race day!). Actual: 19 miles ...
Yikes! Great last workout!!
Oh, man - that was downright fun! I wasn't really looking forward to this workout, even though it's my last and I know it isn't that taxing. (I can tell I'm at the end of a very long training cycle... this is NOT like me at all) I didn't have a training partner due ...
