I decided to switch it up today after some advice from Phoenix. Monday and Tuesday were 2 especially crappy workouts so I decided to do some interval work today. I ran sets of 2 normal speed laps followed by 1 faster lap for 2 miles (5 intervals) and finished with 1 regular mile. The amazingly fast Chinese runner was there today (he once wore a China running jersey), and I swear he runs at least twice as fast as I do. He was a quarter of a lap ahead of me on one of my fast laps, and I tried to catch him but I'm pretty sure I was only matching his pace. Anyway the run today felt much better than the last two workouts. Followed up with 25 each obliques (45 lbs), 10+30 sec+10 each side leg lifts, 50 crunches, 17 push-ups, and a 1 min plank. I have set my goal for the past 4-5 weeks to run 20 miles per week, but I'm not sure that it is the right goal for me. I have fallen into a routine of repetitive slow-medium paced runs to try to get the miles in. I think I should do some more cross training coupled with one longer run a week. This might not add up to 20 miles each week, which is ok. |