Had a plan today, go out, run a bunch of hills and hammer a good workout. Also planned to hit the weights this morning to get a good leg/chest/tri routine in. Well, plans have a funny way of changing!!! Def coming down with a cold or something cuz when I got home there was nothing but sleep happening to this body. Woke up feeling worse, but said I'm hitting the hills no matter what. So with only about an hour to knock it out, I hit the bike path for a hill workout.

Goal: 6 Court St hills, 4 S-Curves

As soon as the bike path was in sight, I remembered oh yea, they don't plow the path and it def snowed a foot the other day. Damn, now what?! Well, most of the snow was melted, but it was still pretty wild. I hit the hills anyway, and decided I would change it up a little from my goal. I started with 3 S-Curves, knocked out 6 Court St hills and went back for 3 more S-Curves. Due to the snow I wasn't sure what my times should be but this is what I ran:

S-Curve: :22, :21, :21

Court St Hill: :36 (started further back, more snow), :23, :22, :22, :22, :22

S-Curve: :21, :20, :20

Despite the snow, I felt strong and felt like I hammered a good workout. But def need to hit the weights in the am, Biceps/Back/Legs!!

Franklin School Fun Run

Got up early, dressed warm and went out for the Franklin School Fun Run this morning. Was advertised as a 2 mile race, found out it was really 2.1 miles, but regardless had a pretty good morning. Bounced out to an early lead, but fell to second just after mile 1, in part because my legs sort of felt like cement through the first mile. But overall came in 2nd with a time of 10:55. My goal was sub 11:00 so the race was a success. Plus, that puts me close to where I want my fitness to be at this point. Now that I'm feeling better about my training and racing, I think this winter will be a productive indoor season, if I can find the time off from work. Then, into the Spring and Summer for some serious racing. Things are looking exciting!!! Next Race: Turkey Trot 5K in Sunapee on Thanksgiving Day!!! Sub 18:00???

Monday's Workout

Goal: 400, 800, 1600, 800, 400...............5:45/mile pace for all, half recovery
Results:

400 (:71)
800 (2:35)
1600 (5:34)
800 2:39)
400 (73)

Overall felt pretty good. Except it was very late, completely dark at the new Keene Middle School Track, and my ankle is still pretty sore so I ran the workout with a brace. I had my ankle x-rayed, not broke, so the doc thinks its a sprain. In my mind, keep running and do the physical therapy exercises I was prescribed! Next up, Franklin School 2 mile road race this Saturday! Goal (A): sub 11:00, Goal (B): 11:15

Ok, we are going to try this again...............my hopes, use this as not only an update on training but also my training log. I'm horrible at keeping up with this stuff!!! So let's see it's been so long since I've posted, so a lot has happened. I've begun to get myself more serious again in my running. I've been running a few races through the summer/fall that have set my sights high! I've done pretty well, below are the races I've run so far:

CHaD Come on Irene 5K (12th) 18:16

Run Your Buns Off 4.2 miles (1st) 25:29

Miles for Smiles 5K (2nd) 18:11

NH Half Marathon (4th) 1:25:17

OctoberFest 3.66 miles (21st) 21:42

My times are a little higher than one would like, especially to compete with, but it sets my goals! Get back down to sub 17 for 5K, continue to race at the top of my age group if not the entire field. So I've kicked up my training again, adding hills and speed work into my program, along with weights. If I can find the motivation to keep training in the snow, next spring/summer should be a good one. Indoor track, here I come!!!