Running Log: January 25 - January 31

Total Miles for the Week: 21

01/25 Ran 7 plus, 5 miles on back side of Forest Meadow straight down to the 1 mile mark on the front side and then back to my car. It was tough. I wasn't recovered enough from the 13 miler on Saturday. Need to rethink how I'm scheduling these bitches. Last few miles felt strong. And there was some pain in both my legs (ankle and calf) from never warming up. My legs felt weary. And I need to start rethinking my playlist. Its starting to feel stale.

01/26 Worked out in the park:
150m SB Bear Hug

Drop-set Workout
20 Push-ups (20, 20, 20, 15, 10, 10, 10, 15)
10 Lunges (10 second hold) (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 5, 5)
10 Inverted Rows (10 X 7)
10 Kick-outs (5 second hold) (10 x 7)
20 Lateral Squats (20 x 7)

150m Suitcase Carry

Its the same idea as a weight based drop set, once you fail at a set, the next set is halved until you get to zero and then it actually is dropped. The numbers in parenthesis are the numbers for each set.

Kick-outs: I should have got faster between sides or held longer or moved to the modified knees to elbows version
Except for Push-ups and Lunges: I need to increase the set size

01/28 I either ran 7 of the fastest miles I've ever run or 6. I mean, I feel way stronger. I'm pretty sure there were like twenty fuve whole contigious minutes yesterday where I felt no pain. It still doesn't make me faster like that. I'm pretty sure I took a short cut somewhere. It was a good run. I started off miserably slow and and found my breath at the 3 mile turnaround which really got me thinking I'm a distance runner and I felt wicked strong on the second three, stronger than I ever feel on 10's or 12's which gets me thinking 10k  is my magic distance. Is there such a thing?

01/30 Ran 8 miles with Steph and Steve out at Bradley's. It was Steph's last run as a sinle lady. It was cool. It was hard but I fel trong and I ran hard. The last to miles were low 9 whioch in Mikey land is okay.