Twilight Sucks

I was going to wait to blog later this week, but saw this article and couldn't stop laughing. For those crazies out there, don't involve the wonderful sport of running for your troubles. Keep your fetishes in the bedroom! 2012 London Olympics schedule, and a pretty stacked USA 15K Championships field.

Monday, Feb 14 - 6 miles - 1/2 up, 20X400, 1/2 down. Happy Valentine's Day! Tim joined me for this workout, kind of a chilly evening to start out which got worse at the evening progressed. Quick warmup, stretching, then got into the actual workout. 400 meter repeats, sets of 5, starting at 10K pace and speeding up each set. Because of tired legs, intentionally kept the first set light to ease into it. Really felt decent out there, and kept going out too fast but reigned it in at the finish. Last few reps were tiring, but was very pleased at this workout - felt very in control, and was running very even splits on the last 2 sets. Let it go on the final rep, will probably pay for it on the Wednesday pace run, but nice to push. Tim hit 16 reps - great effort by him to hit some aggressive splits, and the company made the workout much more easier. Easy cooldown and stretching to finish - track was getting slick at this point, and starting to frost over. Splits were: 1:34, 1:33, 1:34, 1:34, 1:34, 1:31, 1:31, 1:31, 1:30, 1:31, 1:27, 1:28, 1:28, 1:28, 1:27, 1:22, 1:23, 1:22, 1:21, 1:16.

Easy run tonight, then the big Forest Park pace run with Crystal to effectively complete her training and coast until next weekend. Still undecided as to what race to sign up for, but leaning towards a good workout 5K...