During my lunch today I received a call from Guero to talk over the guild's fray for late winter/early spring. As we see the eve of the 6th week of this training block- and with it already being mid-January- now is the perfect time to take out the ol' debit card before we start to see the heartbreaking price increases of races.
Observe the upcoming challenges:
Jan. 28th - Plano Pacers 5k/10k
Feb. 18th - Form Follows Fitness 5k
March 11th - Dash Down Greenville 5k
April 8th - Heart of Heath 5k.
The lacing of racing flats before a race will hit different this spring. I feel us thinking as one assemblage of jujutsu sorcerers looking to build a unique fury on all who dare doubt us. As the group's psychological tactician, I aim to create a metamorphosis of Marito Aguilar's accordion & Mirtha Dermisache's asemic writing. Doesn't make much sense, right? It's never supposed to.
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| Sunset from la mamalona's left ear. |
Phase 1: Week 5 of 8
Monday, January 9th
9 miles easy
Headed out to the lake for a loopy loop. Ran counter-clockwise to catch the sunset from the Winfrey Point side of the lake. Beautiful day for a run & legs felt amazing all the way through.
Tuesday, January 10th
2 miles easy + 20 x 150m w/ 1 min rest + 1 mile easy
Puta madre. First time doing this workout and for the shortness of the reps, it was pretty hard. The first 100m were supposed to be done at 98% perceived effort and the last 50m at a full-on sprint with a minute recovery. After the 13th rep I felt the lactic acid buildip and had to take a few extra seconds during the recovery jog. Done at Norbuck Park so doing it on the grass felt amazing on the legs.
Wednesday, January 11th
2 miles easy + 12 x 1 min. + 30 sec. + 20 sec. + 2 miles easy.
Oof. Similar story to last Wednesday. Met up with Guero at the Santa Fe trail. I knew from the start that I would run out of gas at some point. I'm wondering if maybe my nutrition was off these last few days or if it's a result of yesterday's workout. Called it off after the 10th set. Guero continued for the full 12.
Thursday, January 12th
7.2 miles
Feels like I'm catching some kind of illness today. Throat feels funny and I have a minor cough. The original plan was to do the full loop, but saw the homie Isaque exactly at mile 3.5 going the opposite way so I decided to join him. We ended up chatting quite awhile about our thoughts on running methodology and psychology. As usual, lots to think about for the future. Really glad I ran into him. Probably one of the few I can talk to at that level besides Abigail. Not even fazed I fell short of 2 miles.
Friday, January 13th
6 miles easy
Had not rested since Christmas so I decided to take today off after feeling a little woozie.
Saturday, January 14th
2 miles easy + 10 x 800m + 2 miles easy
Didn't get much sleep after a night of coughing, but got it done. Overall good Mexicas team workout. Body wasn't working as well as last week so fell behind the pack by 2-4 seconds in the later reps. Done on the Santa Fe trail going one up and one down. It'll be exciting to see how we do this workout on a flat route next week.
Sunday, January 15th
12-13 miles
Took NyQuil the night before so pretty much entered a sleep so deep I missed my first alarm. Showed up 20 minutes late for our team long run. Managed to find them around 4.5 miles in. Didn't feel too too bad. Legs were pretty tired from the 800s yesterday, but felt a sudden kick of energy around mile 10. Onwards to week 6 and then a race week.
Sippin' on water,
Errrrk
F.K.A Tití from 1994-2011
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