Back to the Track
The problem with going back to the track, after you haven't been there in weeks, is the first couple of laps feel uncomfortable. After the roads and fields I have been dabbling with, the track felt down right weird. The workout was 12 x 500 @ 1:25. Two sets of 6 with 90 secs rest between the reps and 4 mins between sets. Pretty good workout for only 48 hours removed from the ras na hEireann 5k. The legs felt less than stellar through 6, but then loosened up and I was able to go 1:23, 1:24, 1:22 for the last three with little problem. I tried to concentrate on relaxing and letting it be easy through out the whole workout with out tightening up or straining. Easier said than done for me.
Let me again reiterate the beauty of an empty, or nearly empty, Reggie Lewis. I did not have to go around anyone all night.
Yesterday at lunch Justin and I did the Nobscott shakeout in about 33 minutes. Three sets of the abdominal routine afterwards in the fitness center. It was about 15 miles total on the days running log.
Today at lunch Justin and I did a Counter Nobscott with the hill in 45:59. The pace was a little quicker than we had wanted which was my fault. I started talking about my car accident a year ago and insurance companies.
They always get me fired up. I feel like Mr. Incredible from the Incredibles. He works at that insurance agency and wonders why policy holders pay all the premiums and then have to take the company to court to get what they have been paying for. Last year my mustang got T-boned in the passenger side door from a guy who rolled through a stop sign making a left hand turn onto the street I was traveling on. The cop on the scene, everyone who saw it, all the reports, said it was the other guys fault. His insurance company denied my claim and then tried to get my insurance to pay for it. The long and short of it is I haven't seen a dime for my wrecked car and am now taking the other guy to court. His insurance agency has to defend him. To top it off, his insurance agency is in Texas which makes things really easy. The car insurance industry has a special place in hell reserved for it.
Anyways, no second run today. I promised myself to build up the mileage slowly and since mon and tues were doubles today is uno.