The Running Diva

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

No spin or morning run for me this morning. Juice did a run at the lakes in the late morning and said he felt good. I didn’t think he should jump into a track wo after having taken a week off . I met LeRoo at the track after work. She was still feeling a bit beat up after the Bear Mountain race so she wasn’t too sure how she would feel. The WO was pretty tame though: 500m at 1:45, 60″ recovery, 300m quick x 6 sets with 2 minutes between sets. It was so freekin’ cold last night but luckily there was hardly any wind. When we got to the track after the warm-up, IRR was finishing up their WO and everyone had steam floating up off their bodies like smoke! The 500s felt very comfortable so I ran the first one too quickly as usual. The 300s felt good but I guess  the last few weeks of doing longer intervals have left me with legs that aren’t used to a super fast turn-over. I didn’t want to push to the point of straining or muscling in the 300s so I just accepted that 54s were where I was at tonight. I’ll get quicker hopefully once I get used to doing shorter stuff on the track. My times for the 500s/300s were: 1:40-54-1:44-54-1:43-54-1:45-53-1:44-54-1:45-52.

LeRoo and I had dinner with John at the 5th St Bar and Grill right after the run. Service was a tad slow since they were really busy so I got home a bit later than I wanted. Juice got home from rehearsal only minutes after I got home and was surprised to see I wasn’t already in my jammies, cuddled up on the couch. With a late night and less sleep, I’ll be good and crabby tomorrow!