Galen Rupp is a bit insane. The part where he does 5x1 mile starting at 4:21 going down to 4:01 post race is almost unbelievable. I am speechless, and don't know what to think. He has his sights set on the indoor mile record, and at this point it's a matter of how low he goes versus if he'll break the record. My prediction is 3:48:87. You heard it here first!
Tsegaye Mekonnen is apparently a name to know, after this Dubai win. It's become very clear that the traditional "wait until you get older to run the marathon" is no longer, and the money is in the distance races (a shocker to Competitor, I know) and younger runners are making the jump earlier. This dude was sporting a 62:41 half PR before this race, which he virtually split for the second half of the marathon. Really??? He survived the 61:27 first half to make quite the debut. He's only 18, and probably has a good 20 years ahead of him to further his running legacy.
Thursday, January 23rd - 0! Rest day for sore foot. Considered going outside, but it was aching pretty bad and the very cold air didn't help things.
Friday, January 24th - 7 miles (2 up, 10 x 1 minute hills, 2 down). Recruited Kyle to do this workout with me, and we warmed up around his area in Webster. There is a park about 400 meters away, so warmed up by running a few loops before heading back to the hill that was picked out for this workout. The hill was a pretty generous incline, and had some street markers to provide a visual for us. Goal was to hit 1 minute at 10K effort, with jog down. Workout started out slow for me, and could feel my quads burning almost immediately but got it done. Last 2 reps were the fastest, and my legs were pretty shot at the end. Glad to have this one over with.
Saturday, January 25th - ~6 miles. Track work with Crystal and Clint on a very windy day. 2 mile warmup on the roads, drills and strides, then did fartlek work with Clint (straightaways hard, jog the ends), then 2 mile down. Pretty standardized, nothing crazy to report, but was pretty fatigued in general. Crystal had the same workout I had earlier this week, and nailed it on a pretty tough day with 25 mph winds.
Sunday, January 26th - 8 miles. Scheduled long run, but cut short because of just general exhaustion. Important lesson learned after today's run - I am not 25 anymore. Staying up late the night before after going to trivia night, casinos, then watching Australian Open tennis until 6 a.m. is a sure way to have a terrible run. Ran with Crystal and Kyle on another windy morning working on minimal sleep. We did trail route towards Troy and back, and it was tough almost every step of the way. Kyle yelled at me for my reckless night ("I should just drop you right now to teach you a lesson for staying up till 6 a.m. the night before a long run" - exact quote and foreshadowing), but I suffered onwards. Stopped at Drost Park to try to get water (fountains shut off), and Kyle and Crystal started to break away once we got started. Was getting pretty demoralized, as I just figured I was slowing down but upon analyzing the splits later it was them speeding up. Stopped about halfway back to stretch for a minute (quads still shot), then picked it up once I had some tree cover. Very pleased to see I negative split on the way back (was just praying to break 8 min/mile pace), but paid the price as my legs were completely garbage by the time I got back. After quick conversation, opted out of the rest of the mileage as it would do me no good to kill my legs even further. Instead, I went to bed for 6 hours. 1:01:33 total (31:20/30:13) for my 8 miles. 42 miles this week, 133 miles in January, 133 miles this week.
Yet another cold spell has made its way into the STL area for the first part of this week. Easy running over the next couple days, then back to work!
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