Oh.. I see how it is!!

#NoExcuses

By the way... I fully realize JustAGuy is flying by all of us with that solid workout.

 

Nice work justaguy!

 

All of this fast running got me excited so I figured I'd give it a go at a 5k time trial.  Weekend mileage was low and yesterday was a measly 2 miles so legs were feeling fresh and ready to.  Drove up to the one track that I know that is open and to my surprise it was STILL covered in snow!  Damn, no time trial today.  It was almost like that feeling when you walk into the gym wanting to run on a treadmill on a nice, perfect 60 deg, sunny day and all the walkers invaded the place.

 

So I drove back to where the indoor track was and did some random stuff.  2 mi wu w/ drills and strides.  8x200 w/ equal jog recovery (avg pace = 32.5), tempo mile (5:14) and balance cooldown.  *shrug*

well, I went to the track today, and it went just as bad as it could have. It is sunny and 65 here in OK.  I also planned to do 8x200m, but with 400m recovery jogs.  Legs were like lead, and the feel and pacing control was just gone. Anyway, my legs felt fresh... until I started running.

This weekend I may try the 25-lapper during my long run.  If no one is at the track, I will have a hard time keeping up the focus that long.

Don't worry, in about 8 weeks, we will be in the upper 90's to low 100's every day, and that will have a giant effect.  For now, I am just having fun.

Nice workout, Andy! And warm enough to go shirtless - nice!

I had a decent track workout last night, considering it was my second short but hard workout of the day. I warmed up with a 1600 in 5:59, and that's the first time I've dipped under 6:00 for a 1600/mile since last June 7th. Then 7x200m at 33.2 average, and 4 of them were 32.xx, which is the most 200's I've run under 33 in one session in a long time. I'll be 60 in a couple of weeks and I'm looking forward to improving on these times and doing some racing.

mbehr beat me to it Cecil.  Outstanding workout.  It's hard for me to understand how you can run that workout with your recent training and illness history.  You are one strong dude!

BTW, I've not been running much this year myself and your workout got me thinking .... during today's lunch run I decided to run a couple 200's (200 walk rest in between) and all I could muster was 40 and 38 seconds.   Hats off to you, Cecil!  Keep moving forward.

 

I had a decent track workout last night, considering it was my second short but hard workout of the day. I warmed up with a 1600 in 5:59, and that's the first time I've dipped under 6:00 for a 1600/mile since last June 7th. Then 7x200m at 33.2 average, and 4 of them were 32.xx, which is the most 200's I've run under 33 in one session in a long time. I'll be 60 in a couple of weeks and I'm looking forward to improving on these times and doing some racing.

I hate to reference peoples' age, but given that I am approaching the point where I will start to condition my own times that way...those 200s would be hella impressive at your age group, much less taking into account your medications.  It makes me so happy to read this.

You guys are too kind, really. My legs at this point are stronger than my heart and lungs, so each of those flying 200's are followed by a near collapse and the "old-man shuffle" recovery walk - my walking 200 rest lap time goes from ~1:50 to >3:00 between the last of these. That has shown some signs of improvement recently - I can run a few more faster laps now before I get all wobbly.

 

I want to be like cecil when I grow up.

 

No way that's kindness -  it is really impressive.  You might stack up really well somewhere in the 800m, 1500m, mile distances?  Maybe 800m?  I mean, you could maybe be in records-chasing territory, yes?

LOL, thanks, JustaGuy!  The mile has been my best event from an age-graded standpoint, but at 84.6%, that isn't going to break any records anywhere, except at that one event at that track for my age group (M55-59).  That was last year, and I think my bragging rights have expired on it. I'm only racing about 76% age-graded anything right now due to health issues. In two weeks I'll move up an age group to M60-64, and my fitness goal for the year is to try to recover my way back to 80% at any distance. The age group "upgrade" will make that a little bit easier.  I've got a 10K race tomorrow (Sat). If I have a very good day I might hit a 77% age graded time.