Crazy 8's

Wednesday, December 26th

7:30 PM - Track Workout @ Reggie
22 min warm up
6 x 800m @ 2:14 w/ 2.5 min rest
2:13.0, 2:14.7, 2:14.1, 2:14.6, 2:13.2, 2:11.8
Avg = 2:13.5
22 min cool down
10 more min inside w/ Said Ahmed
Total = 11 Miles, 80 min

Sluggish. First three were fine and felt pretty smooth, so at that point I figured it would would be a fairly easy workout. But I started feeling my calves tighten up on the 4th one and then the last 2 just didn't feel as relaxed as I would have liked. It may be from the 15 hours in a car this weekend, or running up a mountain yesterday, or the long day at work today, or that extra serving of dessert at the party, or that extra round of beer at the bar. Whatever it was, it put a little junk in my legs today. Nothing to worry about though... this is what happens around the holidays. I don't regret any of those things I mentioned above and I know I'll be fine by the end of the week. I just need to be careful and pay attention to things when I start getting tightness or discomfort. And if I'm still turning in 2:12s while feeling sluggish, things can't be too bad. Then again, 2:12s just barely gets the B standard in the 5K ....but we won't think about that right now.

I was late to practice today because of work, so I did everything solo. However, I saw Said Ahmed there doing 20 x 300m by himself so we tried to exchange words of encouragement throughout the workout. Once I got back from my cool down, Said had finally finished his workout and asked me if I wouldn't mind doing an extra 10 min with him inside. I gladly tacked on a little extra as we had a chance to chat about training and race plans for the season.