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May 24, 2007
Weekend Update!
I had a busy weekend in CT visiting family and attending parties. It was a lot of late nights and a good time to catch up with my family.
On Sunday I did a 62 mile bike tour with my brother in law Kevin in Southern CT. We biked through areas of Fairfield and Westport. We rode through some great neighborhoods and were able to keep a steady pace of 18-22 mph which felt good. We were able to ride with some packs of riders and were able to go much faster. I was really glad I did the ride.
On Monday I was unable to ride or run due to a hectic traveling day.
On Tuesday I ran the six mile Mud City Loop with a student who has just finished her first year at college. We ran around five p.m. It was a great run and it was really fun to catch up. We will be running together a lot this summer which will be great. About thirty minutes after the run I did a track workout with our new Tuesday Night Track Workout Group. We ran 3 sets of 800, 400, and 200. I ran much faster than I expected and felt really good. My splits were:
Set 1: 3.07, 85, 38
Set 2: 2.59, 84, 38
Set 3: 2.52, 81, 38
I then ran a two mile cool down. My quad bothered me a bit but really not that bad at all. I can't remember the last time I ran 800's under 3 minutes. I was happy to feel so good. The day off the day before most likely helped and the six mile run before hand most likely loosened me up.
Yesterday I ran 8 miles in the morning on trails in our town. The trails are finally dry. It was awesome to be back on the trails and now I feel super motivated again.
Tonight I have a 12 mile run planned with a group of runners in Stowe and then plan to do some weight work at the gym. This weekend I plan to do a lot of running. Friday morning I'd like to do another 20 mile run, Saturday easy run, 8 miles, Sunday 26 miles, and Monday hopefully another long run. We'll see how I am feeling. On Sunday I will be running in a relay for the Vermont City Marathon and then plan to pace a few people in the marathon to get the total marathon distance in for the day.
Posted by mary at May 24, 2007 8:22 AM