Morning Runners!
My energy is just drained this morning. I dont know whats going on. Maybe working in the heat the past couple days? Cold/Virus still lingering? Planned on some interval work but I didn't have it mentally or physically. I'm also over the idea of 2 Q days/wk. I cant handle it right now and its stressing me out just thinking about it. Maybe in a few more seasons but for now I will continue with 1Q during the week and a LR w tempo on the weekend. Ran an easy 4mi and called it a day.
I forgot to post yesterday too. Ran 4.5 with 8 strides.
Nice workouts goin on here the other day.
PRs:----- 5k: 17:48 (2019) 5M: 29:36 (2020) HM: 1:24:37 (2017) Scheduled: ???
Heat and humidity could be it! But yeah, maybe you need a break from the Q and once a week until you feel better.
Morning! Working from home and I have 5 and Pilates tonight.
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Good morning!
Jay, I know that my day at work has a big effect on the next morning's run or ride. Heat and humidity are multipliers of that energy suck. If we really wanted to maximize our potential, we would quit work .
I rode 41 this morning. It was in the 60s, and we had a dose of that lower humidity. It was damn delightful.
Have a great day!
Runner with a riding problem.
Super B****
8 on the AlterG. Can I count the extra meandering mile I had to take to get to work today??
(Steam pipe explosion. No reported injuries.)
chasing the impossible
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Ugh, glad the explosion wasn't too bad.
delicate flower
Hiya gang! Day four of all day meetings. Today we are discussing the various integrations/interfaces that go out of and into our system. It's interesting stuff!
2200 yard swim done before work. The swim equivalent of a tempo run. Short but fast-for-me. Bike workout later.
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Morning Runners! My energy is just drained this morning. I dont know whats going on. Maybe working in the heat the past couple days? Cold/Virus still lingering? Planned on some interval work but I didn't have it mentally or physically. I'm also over the idea of 2 Q days/wk. I cant handle it right now and its stressing me out just thinking about it. Maybe in a few more seasons but for now I will continue with 1Q during the week and a LR w tempo on the weekend. Ran an easy 4mi and called it a day. I forgot to post yesterday too. Ran 4.5 with 8 strides. Nice workouts goin on here the other day.
You don't consider a long run with tempo a quality day?
I can handle 2 workouts plus an easy paced long run, or one workout plus a long run w/ quality. But 2 workouts plus a long run with quality does seem like a bit much
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Blue - we still have people trickling into the office as the subway delays clear up. Not a great way to commute.
My apologies to all those still dealing with heat and humidity, but when I left my house shortly before 5:00 for a six mile run, the temperature was 59.
5k 23:48.45 (3/22); 4M 31:26 (2/22); 5M 38:55 (11/23); 10k 49:24 (10/22); 10M 1:29:33 (2/24); Half 1:48:32 (10/22); Marathon 4:29:58 (11/23)Upcoming races: Clinton Country Run 15k, 4/27; Running is Back 10k, 5/12
One of the reasons I make it a point to lolly-gag during July is to avoid hitting the wall.
Typically, I like to pull back on quality twice a year and just run easy (usually December/January and June/July) just to give my body's systems a break from strenuous training and/or high mileage.
That's not the gospel and doesn't apply to everyone but it works great for me physically and especially mentally.
Something I tried in the spring was 2 quality days (usually shorter/ faster intervals Wednesday and HM pace Friday) plus do long runs faster than easy pace. I think it worked, although the weather gods cursed my spring races.
sounds similar to Hansons
More Hudson. I used the Tuesday and friday workouts from the plans in the book and did my tweak to the long run. Sometimes I did a long run with a variety of paces, usually from the level 3 plan
Blue, I'm glad no one was hurt! But sorry it messed up your commute!
Today my plan said 12-16x 400m w/= rec, then 3x 200m w/= rec. 400s were supposed to be 2:02-2:09, which is a lot faster than 5k pace for me. I had my watch programmed for 14 reps. There was no pace specified for the 200s, but I just assumed they should be faster.
During the 2nd one, I thought it was odd that I wasn't as far down the path as I thought I should be, then figured out during the 2nd recovery that I messed up the programming and was doing 400s with only 200m recovery. I couldn't fix it right then, so had to improvise a little to make sure I could finish the workout. I walked the recoveries, and on most of them, just paused my watch and stood there for a few seconds to catch my breath before continuing. After 12, I check the clock and realized I was late to work, so I skipped the last 2 reps, which was fine, I was still within the plan and honestly I was spent. I tried the first 200m rep and my legs said "nope, we're done", so I just skipped ahead to the cool down and took it easy to the office. 400s ended up being 2:14, 2:15, 2:09, 2:12, 2:09, 2:14, 2:11, 2:10, 2:13, 2:12, 2:10, 2:15. A little slow, but not terrible, and still all a lot faster than my 5k pace. Total 7.6 miles
MTA: it was 68, low humidity and quite lovely out this morning!
Blue - we still have people trickling into the office as the subway delays clear up. Not a great way to commute. My apologies to all those still dealing with heat and humidity, but when I left my house shortly before 5:00 for a six mile run, the temperature was 59.
I laughed at the “still” part. I was like, is it November already? 😂
Now they're saying there may have been asbestos spewed into the air... let me just run outside and get a good whiff.