Archive for February 21st, 2009

Fun workout today, 8 miles total including 2x10min@10k pace w/2min. recoveries, then 8x200s at 3k pace with 200m recoveries. The results were:
10min lap #1 – 7:02/mi (avg HRR 86%, Max 89%)
10min lap #2 – 7:08/mi (avg HRR 88%, Max 90%)
200s – avg. 6:33/mi (avg HRR 84%, Max 88%)
Looking good for next weekend’s 10K.

Backtracking a day, yesterday was super windy, so instead of my usual river route, I explored Lemon Hill for hill sprinting alternatives. I hadn’t realized, but there are all sorts of grassy hills with higher grades than the road, so it got me all motivated to do the sprints weekly from now on. Just testing the different hilly areas yesterday made me see how beneficial it’ll be to strength so I’m excited to have yet another tool for improvement.

The other thing I’ve been entertaining myself with is an old link on LetsRun.com that a fellow forumite pointed me to. Man, this is an amazing thread. Yes, it’s dense but it’s crazy chock full of famous coaches giving their 2cents, sniping at each other, making their cases for or against high mileage, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Many subjects are touched on here and it’s really fascinating stuff. I’m only on page 33, savoring it slowly.