Tuesday August 28th

As you know, on Tuesday nights we meet at Gear West for faster paced workouts.  Every week, someone will bring a workout for us...last week, Jeff had us run 11 with 8 at 6:58 pace...I nailed that run and felt pretty amazing, finishing strong.  This week, Barry brought HIS workout, 12 miles as follows: 1 mile easy at 7:49 pace, 10 miles run at 7:09 pace, and 1 mile at 7:49 pace to CD.
Barry and I were joined once again by Anders, Jan and Luke...a smaller group than last week, but the IMWI athletes are in the middle of sharpening/taper phases, so we probably won't see them again until Spring.
Mile 1, 7:48...nice.  Miles 2-6 were all run at 6:55-7:06...I felt really good again...a lot of pop in the step, though both ankles were a tad sore, as was my left calf...wth?  Time for new shoes?
After the turnaround I tried to up the ante just a hair...soon we were down to 4, then 3...not on purpose, but by mile 9, it was just Luke and I.  I'm feeling good...off in the distance there was a couple on their bikes cruising down the Luce Line..."Can we reel them in, Luke?"  Well, we DID catch then, though it took a solid 2 miles!  We ran mile 10 in 6:11 and mile 11 in 5:39...nipping the cyclists at the line :)  I felt great, though I'm not sure how much longer I could have held 5:39 pace.  Running at 6:20-6:40 pace seems to be optimum for me...it's work though I seem to be able to run that for miles!  Goal pace at TCM?  6:35, baby!

A quick note...my weight has been steady at 178.5...I woke Wednesday morning to 175.2...ouch!  Time for Taco Tuesday or a Culver's Butter Burger :)

Next week, Anders...bring it!