hi gals!! how's it going? Juli, have you found JO to go along with your MO? :-) How's training coming along for ya'll?
I'm making my way around Colorado this week for work--Vail Monday night, Aspen Tuesday night, Durango tonight...tomorrow I head home after class. I hop at the chance to hit the road, especially when I get to go to places like these. And one thing I love about running is that it goes wherever I do. I can't and don't always bring my bike when I travel, and even finding a swimming pool with public lap hours is often a shot in the dark...but my running shoes never let me down! This morning I ran along the bike path right outside my hotel. And I especially love running in places where it's not weird, ya know? I don't get strange looks...or even worse, concerned looks, as if I'm running away from something or someone. Nope, rather, the only people out at that time in the morning are other runners and the construction crews.
This morning was a fun interval workout--yes, I just used "fun" and "interval" RIGHT NEXT to each other! It was a 30-min run: 1 min EZ then 4 min fast, 2 min EZ then 3 min faster, 3 min EZ then 2 min fastest...and repeat the whole sequence to make 30 min. The intervals are working...I can tell a difference in how I feel overall and I actually look forward to them. This is my "easy" week--reduced load overall. Saturday will be a 7-miler, and then it'll pick back up next week. How many weeks til race day? SIX weeks from Sunday!
Meanwhile, my neck has me a bit concerned...it's a tad aggravated and has been for about two weeks. Mercifully, I'm not having the awful nerve pain I had before, but my pain-free existence is on hiatus. I'm still running, biking, etc, mostly without pain or discomfort, and am monitoring the neck closely. Such will be the rest of my life, I imagine.
I'm off to outline my September running plan! nighty-night...
~ Jen
Hi Jen! I wish I was there with you. I've never been to that part of the state and have heard it is soo beautiful! and to run there, awww wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteI am curious to try some of these interval workouts you and others have been talking about. My question is when should i try it? I run 3 x during the week (3,4 or 5 miles) then my long is on Sat. This Sat will be a 8 mile. Should I try on my maintenance runs during the week, or my long runs? And which one should I try first the 9:1 or your sequence that I'll need a cheat sheet for:))
Save travels my Friend
Juli, that's you who posted above, right? I can recognize how you write. :-)
ReplyDeleteI would do the intervals mid-week...and make it your 3-miler or 4-miler. Don't do distance and intervals in the same run. My weekly sequence goes like this: long run Saturday, mid-distance run (5 or 6) Monday, and a 3-4 mile interval workout Weds or (more likely) Thursday. I read somewhere to not do interval workouts closer than 48 hours after a long run. And you can start the 9/1 strategy this weekend, too...that's not so much an interval workout and more a strategy to give you more rest on long runs.
Would love to run again with you down in your hood!
~ Jen