Outdoor Season is here....sort of.
Outdoor season is here, but only in the sense of the word. I have yet to set foot on an outdoor track, and I don't believe the temperature has peaked above 45 degrees over the past 3 months. The week before Easter Sunday was awesome, and it looked as if all the snow would soon melt away. However, I woke up Saturday morning to find 8 inches of frozen-to-the-ground snow. I'm getting a little tired of "frozen toes and running nose" conditions, but I'm working through it.
Our indoor track facility is also starting to take its toll on the minds and bodies of my teammates. A good portion of the team is dealing with shin splits, while others are beginning to feel like rats in a maze. We would all like to get outside for a change and run a straightaway longer than 55m, but the weather just isn't allowing it. The team was pretty excited for the first outdoor meet on March 29th at St. Johns, but the excitement quickly faded when we were told the meet was changed to an indoor meet.
Myself, along with the two other middle distance runners of Concordia, had some modified workouts outside last week. Instead of running 300m repeats indoors, our coach took us to a plowed road, and we did our intervals there instead. The cold air hurts the lungs, but I always feel like I am putting forth more of an effort into the workout (kind of a man vs. the elements type of scenario). I also peaked at 50 miles last week, which is the most I have ever done. I know this is not a lot compared to other mid-distance runners, but the mid-distance world is all new to me, so I was proud of my accomplishment.
This week is a bit different though. I am on a low mileage week so my body can recover from the 4 workouts I did over Easter Break. I will only have to run 35 miles including workouts, so I hope to get in some good lifting and strengthen my core with the extra time I get. Here is what Monday's workout looked like for me...
2 mile warm-up @ 7:30 per mile
8 X 200m @ 28 seconds w/ 90seconds recovery
2 mile cool-down
Although my coach says that anything in the low 28's is good, I always go under by at least half a second. I averaged about 27.4 seconds for each 200m, and it felt great. It would have been even better to do them outside, but I won't get back into that rant! Today consisted of...
7:30am run: 3 mile jog in 20 minutes.
3:00pm run: 4 mile jog in 27 minutes, followed by 4 strides to loosen up
Lifting Circuit
I always run in the morning, but it has its ups and down. The down is that I have to wake up early, but the up side is that I am able to work out any soreness from the previous day, making me fresh for running and lifting later that day. Running in the morning also seems to help jumpstart my day by giving me some time alone to think and pray. The positives of running at 7:30am definitely outwiegh the negatives.
I don't want to overdue my second blog, so I'll wrap things up with a quick, hypothetical question. If your first outdoor meet was moved to an indoor facility, and you were given the choice of either run at the meet or do a workout instead on Saturday, what whould you choose to do?
I hope you are all running fast, and staying strong. God bless.
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6:22 PM, March 26, 2008
.. Posted by Rome
I feel your frustration, being in the New England region the whether straight sucks.
Good Luck at your meet.
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