Down Week

Jordan Hasay, and Stephen Pifer.

Tuesday, April 30th - 0!  Not the best way to end the month, but this is a down week for me, regardless.  Went to the Blues playoff game with Craig and Tim, and watched a thrilling win in overtime.  Thanks for the hookup, Nick!  159.5 miles in April, 683 miles in 2013.

Wednesday, May 1st - 4 miles.  Did this late at night - 270 loop and some change.  Nice and slow.

Thursday, May 2nd - 8 miles.  Jon and I hit the trails after work in hopes to beat the rain.  We did out and back towards Home Depot on a rainy afternoon.  Fortunately, the rain was pretty light, and we didn't get too wet.  Felt amazing out there, and my legs are definitely enjoying the easy week.  We experienced a weird moment coming back, when we saw a homeless man sleeping in one of the tunnels on the trail.  I've run on these trails for quite awhile, and this was the first time I had ever seen that.  60:32 total with us slowing down a bit at the end.  Heavy stretching and corework afterwards.

Friday, May 3rd - 6 miles.  Crystal and I ran after work in the rain.  Did the same Home Depot route as yesterday, but had to turn around about 2.5 miles into it because the rain had formed a lake which would have been very difficult to cross.  So did a mile through the neighborhood and the rain fell harder and harder.   In hindsight, should have just kept going because we were pretty soaked at the end.  48 minutes and some change overall.

Saturday, May 4th - 12 miles (10 miles MP).  Coach Kyle had scheduled one workout this week for me, but the rain didn't really make very conducive to do such a workout.  So scheduled it for Saturday morning, which was 45 and overcast with spitting rain and slight winds.  Actually pretty darn good conditions for this workout!  So jogged a mile warmup, then did a hard minute to get my fast twitch muscles firing then some dynamic stretching before starting.  Goal pace was 6:50-7 min/miles, and picked the trails towards Troy as my path to dominate.  Anyways, hit the workout, but had a lot of trouble getting settled in.  Didn't feel like the pace was too hard (shouldn't have been), but sort of let the fatigue get to me so the last few miles were a bit rough.  Saw Colby and Jon coming back, which helped a lot.  Overall pretty happy, and was a good workout to hit.  Drove to the track to cooldown with Crystal (track workout), then stretched for awhile there.  69:08 (34:36/34:32) total.  Splits were: 6:54, 6:55, 6:55, 6:57, 6:55, 6:55, 6:55, 6:56, 6:56, 6:46.

Sunday, May 5th - 6 miles.  Another gloomy day, but had some good company with Clint and Colby joining Crystal and I.  Did out and back towards Marine on trail with Clint for the first 3 miles, then half out with Crystal and Colby before turning around and running the rest solo (was just trying for an easy 6).  Felt pretty good, and we were cruising the second half before I turned off and slowed down a little to finish.  30:30/21:50 were my splits.  40 miles this week, 36 miles in May, 719 miles in 2013.  

Officially signed up for the Soldier Field 10 Miler in Memorial Day weekend.  3 weeks of work to focus on for hopefully a PR!