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now that i go to sleep so early, I never watch boxing anymore
No problem. If you can get time during the day I can give you link to the full fight if I find it.
alright, gonna be in the states and UK in may/june and there are a few potential races. will enter at least one of these, hopefully two.
13 may
hope for henry mother's day 5k: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/hopeforhenry5k/
- this is the day after my brother's memorial service and three days after i land in the states, so conditions will not be ideal. but shit, desperate times. need to check with fam about whether they're okay with me entering. i imagine they will be, i'd be home by 9:30 or 10 am, likely before my other brother wakes up.
26 may
lee valley velopark 5k: http://www.runthrough.co.uk/?event=lee-valley-velopark-may-2018&event_date=2018-05-26
30 may
chase the sun wimbledon common 5k: http://www.runthrough.co.uk/?event=chase-the-sun-wimbledon-may-2018&event_date=2018-05-30
joe, you wanna race in either of the london ones?
I'm racing a half marathon on the 27th in Edinburgh, lol, but I'll think seriously about signing up for the on the 30th.
my mom wrote back to say not only was she cool with my running the one on the 13th but she'd like to run it as well. now i'm psyched, something external to work toward!
- run 7.5 km easy, strides 20s x 6 w/ 60s walk recovery
slightly worried that the weird pulling sensation i've been getting for years now on my right knee whenever i try to sprint would flare up during the strides but it didn't. cautious fist pump.
hopefully you've been "working that issue out of existence". running did that for me initially with some knee issues.- stretch
total distance 8.89 km, total time 47:35
31-03-18
Workout
Run --
Warmup - 1.2mi @ 8:30 + 5 strides of 50m
Workout - 8 x (400 @ ~1:37 + 400 @ ~1:47) [so this was 4mi in 27:03, because I didn't get the paces quite right every time, for an average pace of 6:45/mile]
Cooldown - 2.15mi @ 9:30
Notes
So I did a half marathon specific workout I found on that blog I posted about recently: http://nateruns.blogspot.com/2015/01/workout-wednesday-400400-alternations.html
The blog post said to aim for 6-8 miles for half marathon, but I guess I will build to that over the coming weeks. I am still pretty new to running these sorts of paces, before this I'd only done 8 miles total a <7:00 pace, and not that many more at <7:20.
The idea is to alternative 400s such that the average pace is your target half marathon pace (so here it was 6:45, for a 1:28:30 half marathon). The fast 400s should be 20s/mile faster than target pace, and the slow "rest" 400s at 20s/mile slower. The "rest" pace isn't exactly slow for me, since that works out to like ~7:00-7:05 pace.
I really liked this workout! That's 4 miles of hard running, half of which was at ~6:20ish pace. I got better at finding the rhythm/pace without having to check my watch at 200m with time, though if you look at Strava you can see I blitzed the first 400 in 1:24, lol. But yeah, hitting 16 laps in basically 27 flat without going totally balls to the wall is pretty great.
Also, I picked up a cheap pair of Kinvara 8s since they're a pretty old shoe by now. Quite liked them! Feel super light, though I guess they're not really that much lighter than my Escalantes. They're a much firmer/more responsive ride, which is nice to have as a contrast. Bit better lateral stability, which makes them better suited for track work. Anyway, glad to have a second pair of shoes in the rotation (excl. my racers).
Actually went into this workout still feeling a little sore. It was also raining and the track was soaking wet, so all things considered I feel good about the result of this workout.
Big thing to improve at with this session pacing wise: I would slow down too hard when transitioning from the fast 400 to the rest 400, and then not pick it up until like 200m into the rep. More even "rest" reps would probably help me actually recover a bit more during then and help me extend the workout.
Easy run tomorrow to get over 30mi!
some crazy games today....
kansas -nova game might be nuts, i can also see it go either way by decent margin....
GO BLUE
tip is just after 3 AM local time. planning to wake up for the second half.
that is amazing.
it almost look like he went straight up than spun in mid air like a drone....
