Monday, October 21, 2013

Everything Zen

So I had a good run today.

I finally got out of bed around 6:30 a.m. after snoozing 4 alarms. It's so hard waking up early when it's cold as heck outside! Lucky for me, the track is only like 1 minute away from my house (should give you an idea of how hard it is to wake up).

For some time now, I have been trying to measure my focus during running by doing loops around the track. My logic is that if I can focus on the track for 3-4 miles, then I think it would generalize during competitions.

This morning I ran around 3 miles in 21:35. After psychology, I ran 4 miles in 27:35 (6:53 pace). Great run, the 3 miles really woke me up. I might start doing that every speed day.

Tuesday's Workout (10/22): The plan is to do 10 x 600 at 102%-104% with 1:30-2:00 recovery. I have to make it count. No more quitting halfway through the workout. Train smart, win easy, Erik. Train smart, win easy...

I also really want to do a fartlek workout Thursday, I'll see how I feel.

Side note:
My legs are tired. I really hope nothing bad happens before November 9th. I'm almost there.