Archive for May 17th, 2009

I lied.  I said I was only going to do one quality session/week for the next few months, but I have a 5K next weekend that is set to be my first sub21 (woohoo!), so I figured I might as well milk what I can out of training till then, so I stuck a tempo in on Friday.

It was a 9-mile run with 3 @ tempo targeting 6:52s.  It was 77 and humid and I started the first mile darting around meandering teenagers competing in yet another rowing event (graduate already!) so I ended up averaging 6:58s.  Eh, it was an “extra credit” tempo anyway, so I was happy with it, regardless.

Today’s run needed no excuses though, it was a super swell 12-miler, capping off a 66-mile week.  After a week of humid days in the mid/upper 70s, today’s 61 and cloudy was heaven, reaping me a 8:01 pace with a nice low avg. HR of 68% HRR.  My resting, btw, hit a new low this morning of 43, a welcome contrast to the entire month preceding my Half, when it remained elevated at 48, 49.

Back to movie gab, we saw Spellbound last night, about kids competing in the National Spelling Bee.  Kazz, you were right, it’s great – I laughed, I cried, I totally loved it.  Word Wars (the Scrabble one) is coming soon, though not before Bigger Stronger Faster which looks like huge fun – it’s a documentary about steroid freaks.  I can’t wait!