Oh mother nature - why do you torment me so. Today was supposed to be a speedwork day, 8 miles with 1 mile warmup, 8x800 with 400 recovery, 1 mile cool down. However, with the snow/slush that was now covering the ground I decided doing speedwork on slippery, slushy roads/sidewalks was probably not a smart plan. I decided to head out warm up as planned and see what I could get done. Once I got started I knew 8 miles would be challenging if not impossible. Once I got loose I decided to cut the mileage to four, and just turn the structured speedwork into a fartlek run. The unstrucutred speed worked out great as some parts of the sidewalks/roads were relatively clear and easy to go fast on - then I'd hit a patch that was covered in snow and slippery which worked for the recoveries. Also I never realized how tricky curbs are when you can't see them.
When I got near my son's school I noticed alot of school busses going toward it - so I decided to head home. This turned out to be a good idea as they were getting out an hour early due to the weather. Overall I did 15 or so pickups at varying speeds and distances and only almost fell two or three times. Hopefully the weather next week behaves and allows me to get back to my "normal" speed workouts.
Total Mileage: 4 miles
Total Time: 35:20
Average Pace: 8:50
Splits (Avg Speed/Max Speed)
8:33 / 6:11
8:49 / 6:09
8:53 / 6:46
9:04 / 6:02
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Nice run in the terrible weather. Dropping my son off, it was coming down pretty badly. I worked last night and by the time I got up to get him (early), I was surprised that it was actually relatively "nice" out compared to this morning.
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