Speed....

In attempting to keep myself in shape for next months Rock N Roll San Jose - I'll be accompanying V during her speed workouts for the next couple weeks. Sounds painful - but it's actually nice to change things up a bit - and it feels good to run fast. We met at the office at 6am and jogged down to the VT track in the dark! Today's assignment 8X400's.

Goal	Actual
1:52	1:45
1:50	1:59
1:48	1:49
1:46	1:42
1:44	1:41
1:42	1:36
1:40	1:35
1:38	1:33

It's difficult to pace yourself and then increase by only 2 seconds everytime. The morning was perfect, great weather, felt good running, good company. Morning is by far my favorite time of day and favorite time to work out!

Next Week:
Half Mile Repeats
55+/- min.

15 min. warm-up

4 x 800 @ 3:35 (1:47 per 400 or 7:10 pace)
with 2 min. easy recovery jog following each repeat, then,

2 x 200m @ 45 sec. or faster! 200m recovery jog

5+/- min. cool-down

Sounds scary!! I don't know if I can sprint an 800 - we'll see! I might just stick to the 8x400's :)

2006 Mud Run

V and I ventured up to Roanoke on Sat for the Marine Corps Mud Run. I ran it 5 years ago and had fun, but ever since it's fallen on a home football game weekend... I was excited to run it again, and this time with a friend. I 'thought' I had remembered the course, and I had the basics - but there was a lot more trail running then I remember and I killer hill!! I thought it was a good idea to start out fast with V and get ahead of the crowd, knowing I could catch my breath wading through the river - well this was a good idea until we blew past a high school cross country team!! What was I thinking? The race was fun!! I walked up mtn trail through the forest, but otherwise kept a decent pace. This might make my annual list. The marines do a great job running the event, the atmosphere is super fun with lots of families and friends out there to have fun, it's just a great Sat morning :)

BEFORE...

DURING...

AFTER...


V's daughter ran in the POLLYWOG JOG, her first race. She was pretty excited about it until we came out of the mud pit... then she was saying 'I don't want to get dirty'. V was able to get her pumped back up before race time. The kids had soooo much fun - the older girls (12 years old?) were getting stuck in the mud and just laughing..... it was great to watch.

Ummm.. MUD?

I'd don't know about this...

Just climb on Mom!

Congrats to V for finishing 2nd in our age group!!