Progressive Tempo

Matt Llano interview, last Boston Marathon for Dick Hoyt :( , Solinsky moving up to the marathon, Mo to run NYC Half, Amy Van Alstine interview, and the lovely Miss Kara Goucher.

Sad to hear the Hoyt news, but happy for them as well and what they were able to accomplish.  Dick Hoyt is a real inspiration, and has sacrificed everything for his son so he could experience what he did.  I had the opportunity and privilege to run by them during my Boston years, and was just amazed to see the outpouring support for them.  Dick Hoyt will be missed, but his legacy will live on forever.

Wednesday, February 26th - 10 miles (1 up, 8 mile progressive tempo, 1 down).  Waited to the last possible second to do this workout on a cold night.  At 9:30, threw on some layers and braved the 10 degree wind chill.  Goal was first 4 miles in 7:00, 7:00, 6:50, 6:50, then cut down 10 sec per mile to hit 8.  Ran this workout in Village Circle, mainly to stay away from traffic and have a relatively flat area to run in.  Anyways, success all around - hit the workout, which started out too fast but leveled off.  Got a little bit of a second wind after the 4th mile, and started to struggle at mile 6.  At 7.31, had to stop because I was cramping so bad, and the small break pretty much ruined me as the last 0.69 miles were rough.  But, very pleased with this workout overall, and my new Meb Sony mp3 player gets a HUGE assist.  Splits were: 6:46, 6:58, 6:45, 6:47, 6:39, 6:31, 6:20, 6:07.

Thursday, February 27th - 6 miles.  Forest Park run with Kyle after work.  My legs were trashed, and we did the reverse loop around FOPA.  Felt a little better towards the end, but this one was slow all around.  Another cold, but sunny day.  Ready for the temps to get above 30 again.  50 minutes on the dot.

Fartlek tonight, then easy running this weekend.  More snow headed our way.  Joy