Ugh!

I just got back from an awesome long weekend in Beaver Creek snowboarding in beautiful snow (over knee deep in the trees)!!! It was awesome! We met the Dusebout's and the Schurmer's up there and hung out for the weekend. It is always great seeing them and having fun.

Today was WINDY!!! Rafael, a good runner I met through Steve Cavalli, called me and asked if I wanted to do a track workout with him. Of course I said yes, and I ran over and met him on an old dirt track at a ghetto high school. He asked what I wanted to do when I arrived, and I decided upon 2x400, 2x800, 1600, 2x800, 2x400. 200 rest except for the rest before and after the 1600.

The wind caused a much slower average, but I ran 75-80 on the 400's, 2:40-2:50 on the 800s, and 5:50 on the mile. It was more of a fartlek with the lack of recovery. Under a minute on most the 200's and under 3 for the 400s. Being one of the first harder workouts, I was happy with the outcome. It is slow as heck, but that is okay for now. I have not worked the system very much and I feel comfortable at 6:00 min pace for a long while. The wind was unbelievable on the back straight! I felt like I wasn't moving at all! I am looking forward to progressing through this and I don't want to run much faster before this half. I want healthy legs and a lot of efficiency at 5:30 or so.

I will hit a nice tempo later in the week at around 6:00 pace, and that will be a nice stretch out from this run. The miles are coming easily, and I think the race will be fun once I get a bit more efficiency. It is hard to do these workouts at lunch and then come back and work another 4-5 hours. Blah!

Back soon!
Finch