It looks like I've let a week get away from me without blogification so here goes- Training was nice. I've been able to get in some doubles, mainly because I need an easy jog in the afternoons after I do these treadmill tests but as long as I stretch and stuff, I've been feeling good enough. I'm running pretty steady on my runs and as a result having a little trouble building the duration of my runs, but the fitness is coming along and I'm not that concerned with an official long run at this point. I got a nice run in with John on Monday, hit the Vo2 on Tuesday, where I went significantly farther on the test, but got a lower reading than last time, 74. The ex phys kids were threatening to increase my critical velocity to 4:00 pace but I told them that was ridiculous and they relented. I backed that up on Wednesday with 2 minutes at 14mph, big break, then 21 minutes at 5:10 pace, which took some concentration but I could have knocked out a few more minutes. I'm curious to get back my bloodwork as it took place before any real training began and so should be a good baseline indication. I hit the grass track on Thursday afternoon on what was really a glorious day, the sun on the tall grass prairie was metallic and the wind seemed to die throughout the run. This is a pretty good run and I can go back and forth between the grass and the bike path and north base. I bumped into Solomon Tsegay, a Norman North kid who is really getting into running but unfortunately a senior. He's Ethiopean and I think he could be really good, but he's only now getting some fitness, under the tutelage of a one Sallah Hussein.
I had the 6th grade kids on Friday, which was the defacto Valentine's Day celebration at the public schools. I was really impressed by the tonnage of sugar I saw a couple 80 pound kids consume. It was non-stop and I knew I was in trouble as they had already tapped into the mainline by second hour. I, myself, got a quality amount of cupcakes and red 5 into system, but was unscathed after a 55 minute jog. Ms. Christy Kenkel's 25th b-day was yesterday as well and so I hit the city for the Iguana Lounge pork carnitas and tequila. I didn't wake up seeing red, fortunately, but was probably a bit compromised for my treadmill workload this morning. I did something like 3:30 at 13.4mph, then 2k at 12.9mph. I felt tight and the heart rate was through the roof. Feeling sorry for myself, I hit plaid for their namesake confection, the plaid bar, which is pretty much butter and dark chocolate. I could not finish it, which I was a little upset over. Room for improvement...
I had the 6th grade kids on Friday, which was the defacto Valentine's Day celebration at the public schools. I was really impressed by the tonnage of sugar I saw a couple 80 pound kids consume. It was non-stop and I knew I was in trouble as they had already tapped into the mainline by second hour. I, myself, got a quality amount of cupcakes and red 5 into system, but was unscathed after a 55 minute jog. Ms. Christy Kenkel's 25th b-day was yesterday as well and so I hit the city for the Iguana Lounge pork carnitas and tequila. I didn't wake up seeing red, fortunately, but was probably a bit compromised for my treadmill workload this morning. I did something like 3:30 at 13.4mph, then 2k at 12.9mph. I felt tight and the heart rate was through the roof. Feeling sorry for myself, I hit plaid for their namesake confection, the plaid bar, which is pretty much butter and dark chocolate. I could not finish it, which I was a little upset over. Room for improvement...
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