I'm back. I haven't used this thing for months. I haven't stopped running and probably never will. I had some knee trouble last year and just got a little sick of reading my poor results. My knee isn't perfect but its working pretty well. I seems to have been some sort of tendonitis. I just have to give my body little breaks to recover now.
Early this summer, I ran the Wasatch Steeplechase. It's probably the most fun race I've ever found. It's not exactly a race for speed but it is an amazing experience that I think every runner should try at least once. There is an award for the most bloodshed.
Anyway, I have shifted my training focus. I've become pretty slow in recent years and have had little competitive umph at the end of races. Something I haven't done in years is go sub-5 minutes in a mile. At one time, sub-4:40 wasn't too hard - it's very hard now! Anyway, I want to go sub-5 again. Once I've achieved this goal, I'll start building up distance and ultimately run a sub-3 hour marathon again I suppose. I have to admit that marathons have lost my interest recently but my running interests change all the time.
So todays workout was fun, despite being on a treadmill at work. I started out pretty stiff and slow and after 15 minutes I had only gone about 1.5 miles. I decided at that point that it would be a fun challenge to catch Mr. 7:30 mile man. By this point, he had a 1/2 mile lead on me. My goal was to catch him by mile 6. It was a challenge. I had to drop mile 3 down to a 6:30 or so pace to get me within any remote chance of catching him. My last 3 miles varied but averaged just a bit below 7 if I remember right. Anyway, I caught him at the end and beat him to mile 6 by 15 seconds. It was fun.
Anyway, I guess I'll enter yesterdays workout too. | 