Ten to the Cone
Tuesday night workout at Newton North for another round of hills with Brad and Dan. I always wanted to do a workout that was called Ten to the Cone. Unfortunately we put the cone in a hole on the hill so no one breaks their ankle. It would only be about a 150m repeat if we stopped at the cone. It just seems like a good workout. This evening it was 10 x 400m at 70, 68, 68, 67, 67, 68, 68, 68, 66, 63. Don't forget, in Newton at heartbreak hill for our purposes, 400m = 380m. Very strong and very controlled. I am wondering if I am going fast enough if I was able to finish with a 63. I was trying to keep it at about 80 - 85% but maybe I am short changing myself. Oh well, next time I am there I will be trying to average 66 and see if I can hold it for 10.
This morning was a nice solid 7 miles with Christy Mae. We did the Memorial Forest loop. It was a perfect 65 degrees outside and not one bug even approached us. I am hoping for the same conditions on my run to work tomorrow.
I am also extremely excited because my connection hooked me up with a little fix. I have been going through a remission as of late with no watches in functioning order and having to rely on other runners stash of timepieces. Not anymore because I have this beauty.
Finally the marathons are getting serious about busting runners cheat cheat cheating their way to money. Hopefully no more 46 year old russian women will be thrashing me at my next road race as I run a pr and get gapped. Ok, that is an exageration, but it seems they run some sick times at races that never seem to test. I get a little suspicious when 45 year olds smash prs they could not run when they were 28.
That's all I got.