Notes
First threshold workout. Did 6x4' w/ 1' recovery at the arboretum. Overall I felt pretty good. I did two big loops with a little bit more thrown on. Coffee before the workout worked like a charm - stomach was rocky but held together (and still has). Stride felt a little awkward. I did forward and backward lunges before the workout so I think that threw me off a little bit (based on past times doing that - need to do it more consistently to not expect any detriments to the workout). Breathing was held in check, felt like I could have kept on going for awhile and I was never really tired at the end of an interval. That hill is still tough but I felt like I ran it pretty well today.
One thing I want to accomplish this training season is to conquer threshold workouts and feel like I got some quality workouts at the Arboretum. I would definitely say that threshold (especially the longer intervals) is the weak point in my training. For whatever reason I have not been able to run them well over the years, but now that I have a pretty good base in (and still developing more for a couple more weeks) I think I am in a better spot to do these. This was only 4 minutes so it was a good confidence booster but its only going to be 3 weeks till I'm doing 10 minute intervals. Also, the arb is a great place to run (when not snow-covered), so I just want to have good workouts that make me remember that. Today was a good start.
Probably going to split the run tomorrow to get some recovery in and get the mileage in.