It's been a bit since I did an entry, so here goes. This is for the week of January 24-30.
Tuesday 1/25: Speedwork. 4.25 miles. Because I am still recovering from some knee pain, I chose to do a very light speedwork session. I warmed up with one mile at 7:45 pace, followed by 2 miles at 6:38 pace and ending with another 1.25 miles at 7:45 pace. The warmups were a bit quicker than I normally prefer, but it felt good so I just went with it.
Wednesday 1/26: Hills. 5.24 miles. I went out with the TenToes group again tonight. This week, I chose to push a bit harder to see how I measured up with the rest of the group. There was a really nice climb of around 600 feet. It felt really good to crush the climb and hear everyone else whining about how tough it was. I took it easy on the downhill just to ensure safety.
Friday 1/28: Recovery/Trail/Hills. 3.75 miles. I felt like getting up into the foothills today. I initially planned on doing 6-7 miles, but I didn't follow directions very well. I ran most of the Red Tail trail off Cartwright. I feel as though I do quite well on technical trails. I really like the rush too. On the loop return, the climb was pretty evil, especially with mud caked soles. I walked a little bit here and there just to make sure I recovered a bit.
Sunday 1/30: Long Run. 10.64 miles. I didn't really care where I ran, what I ran or anything. All I knew was that I did not want to run Rainbow again, and that I wanted to run 10-12 miles. I ended up driving out to Swan Falls and ran some trails out there. I attempted to run the Snake River Petroglyph tour from the Boise Trail Guide, but like always, I can't follow instructions. I just ran in random directions for 10 miles and called it a day. I had some pretty good elevation gains, which was kinda nice to break up the monotony in my long runs.
Total Mileage: 23.88 miles
I am proud of myself for all of the hillwork I did this week. I feel kind of intimidated by hills, since it may have been the cause of my knee pain with Zeitgeist and all. The climbs are definitely a strength of mine, and everything that I do now will be a benefit at WIFMER. I am going to bump up my mileage this coming week and really test my knee. I am itching to get back into speedwork so that I can get closer to a sub 5 minute mile. I want to break 5 minutes by my birthday.
