It is starting to get hot. Training May 30th - Jun 6th

31-May Sun @ 17.0 @ 7:26
1-Jun Mon 7.0 @ 8:00
2-Jun Tue 10.0 @ 7:14
Including 10x400m @ 84, 86, 83, 82, 84, 84, 84, 82, 80, 77 avg 83
3-Jun Wed Lunch 12.0 @ 7:16 / PM 4.0 @ 7:00
4-Jun Thu AM 4.0 @ 8:19 / Lunch 7.0 @ 8:07
5-Jun Fri AM 4.0 @ 7:39 / Lunch 9.0 @ 7:04
Lunch workout went like this:
2x2 tempo @ 6:14, 6:11, 5:59, 6:03 5x200m @ 36, 36,35,34,33
6-Jun Sat 8.0 @ 8:13

Total: 82

I was really happy to get the mileage into the 80's this week. Next week will be a slight cutback with a relay "race" on Saturday. I used some extra doubles to get the boost in mileage this week. I felt the cumulative fatigue on Wednesday's 12 miler in 80 degree heat. I also found I didn't really have time to do all my normal core workouts because I was just tired and wanted to be lazy at night. Other than that it worked out pretty decently.

I've been dragging through these anaerobic miler workouts (like what you see on Tuesday). I have been running my first few 400's of the workout too fast and burning myself up for the later sets. This time I tried to check my garmin for the paces to keep right around 81 and it was a complete and utter failure. Finally by the 10th repeat I was so frustrated I just put the afterburners on and came in with a 77. The chances of a 4:59 mile are basically 0 at this point. Again, I think I would be extremely lucky to clock a 5:1x.

Friday's lunch workout was the highlight of this week. Again, I came into this workout with the idea of easing into it instead of burning myself up on the first couple miles. It worked out out really well in this case with my second 2 mile tempo set coming in faster than I expected, and much less painfully than last week. The 5x200m w/ 200 rest at the end really helped to add some muscle fatigue for Saturday's recovery run. Now only if I could run at 33s/200m pace for 1 mile :). I'm not holding my breath.