Just another six

72 degrees F and sunny, not too bad for running.  A slight breeze made it nice.

Tomorrow:

Schedule

10 @11:00

Interval like a caveman

I'm pretty sure a caveman would have been faster, but at least I had the form right - hunched over and grunting.

I did like the low 70's temp, and I hope that the hot days are behind us.  Bring on Fall and Winter!

Tomorrow:

Schedule

6 @ 11:00

Run like a caveman

Over at Exploding Unicorn, James made a brilliant discovery to garner a lot of hits to his website; he wrote a small piece about the Paleo diet.  I have never seen so many comments to one post of his, so I figured I'd troll the Paleo runners with my own version of Run Like a Caveman.  Soon, all the irate sub-human runners will be attacking my blog and demanding that I delete this offensive post!

I'll be famous!  I'm sure NBC, CBS, ABC, and all the old timey media will want me to skype into their lame news shows and give my reasons why running like a caveman is overrated.  I mean, I'm pretty sure I look sub-human when I run, but I'm not actually a caveman.  So, I suppose, you could say that I'm ironically mocking a hunched over Paleo-person just by shambling along like I do.

Anyways, if I really wanted to practice running like a caveman, I'd have to get a velociraptor or a T-rex to chase me first.  I'm sure I'd run faster at least...maybe there's something to that...

Tomorrow:

Schedule	2 @ 11:00
	1 @ 8:45
	1 @ 11:00
	2X1/4 in 2
400 recovery after each interval

4 hours to spare

At 5 PM, I was still driving back from Shipshewana, IN; I figured I'd get back home and relax a bit.  Then I realized that I still had to get ten miles done for today.  I hit the road just a bit before six, took one pit stop at four miles, and finished just before eight PM.

It was very nice, a tad warm at 72 degrees F, but there was intermittent rain to make up for it.  Starting mile seven, I hit a fierce little squall that made me feel alive for about a mile, and for the remainder of the run, there was light rain.

Tomorrow: OFF
Monday:

Schedule

8 @ 11:00

Postponement is not procrastination

I was supposed to do this yesterday, but it was too hot and the last time I did intervals on the treadmill, I got shin splints.  So, I postponed the run to this morning.

And then I almost blew it off because since I go to work at 5 AM, I am clueless as to what time the sun comes up, and I didn't realize that it wasn't going to get light until around 7:20 or so. (Yeah, that last sentence is a train wreck.) 

But, I went ahead and set out in the dark meaning to do just a straight up six miles.  When it came time for my first interval, it was light enough for me to see my watch, so I kicked it into gear.  I had also forgot that when I violate my pace alarm limits, my watch lights up, so that helped me keep track of the half miles.

After the interval, I walked for 2/10ths and jogged for 3/10ths before ramping it up to interval speed.  Overall, a good run, I guess.

Saturday:

Schedule

10 @ 11:00

Day 3, not a quitter

I tried to quit on this run after four miles.  I convinced myself that four was enough.  I almost reached for the recovery chocolate milk, which would have ended it right there.

And then I some how manned up, stripped down, and did three more miles on the treadmill.  This was a pretty tough run after yesterday's intervals and the 10 minute workout video that my wife and I are doing.

Tomorrow is going to be harder and easier.  I have half mile intervals, but I also get to walk/jog for a half mile to recover.

Tomorrow:

Schedule	2 @ 11:00
	3X1/2 in 4:30
	1 @ 11:00
800 recovery after each interval

Day...2...

And it's intervals!  YAY!!!!

All of these quarters were supposed to be under two minutes, and they were! Yay.  I went a bit quick on the warmup/cooldown miles, but I really don't care.

Tomorrow:

7 @ 11:00