October 22,  Tuesday

“There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.”     Bill Bowerman

5 x 1 mile with 2:30 rest

12:10.     11:38.      9:39.     9:51.       10:28

On a windy,wet and cool afternoon at Liberty High School I managed to get in the best workout I’ve had in almost a month. Coach Engle had a plan to run the JV boys at 5 repeat miles with specific paces for each runner.  Looking for a challenging workout, I decided I would attempt a few of the miles which  we’re being run on the grassy cross-country course.  I ran the first one very conservatively in my complete warm-up sweats.  I peeled off layers as I went along, and by the third mile I was down to my t-shirt and shorts.  I was surprised and happy to find that I was able to run miles 3 and 4 under 10 minutes and a final mile in 10:28.  I had a very low expectation of actually completing 5 x 1 mile today. So, just accomplishing that would have been considered a successful day.  The times that I ran  were even more encouraging.   Trying not to be soft!

Stats-

Weight = 148.8 lbs

Sleep = 8 hours usually

Diet  = 9

a.m. foot discomfort indexes are all low 2/3

Need to get back to the weight room!

More stretching!