McGee's Bakery and my lactate threshold!
I got up to run this morning at 4:45am and made it to McGee's. That is accomplishment number one for the day. But before I discuss the run, let me share the best part of the morning. The people.
My plan is to run with the group on Tuesday's and Thursday's until the marathon, hopefully I'll have plenty of lessons learned to share with you. Lessons learned by the mistakes I'll make running with such a solid group or by the conversations we have and the tips they are willing to share.
This morning the group included some runners that I've run with before such as: Jim, Carol and Saori. I've also swam with Todd at the swamp a couple times (well, we were in the swamp at the same time... I can't really swim with him.) There was also a whole group of people that I didn't know... and unfortunately I'm terrible with names. But I'll introduce them (and hopefully their running stories) over the next 11 weeks.
The Run: Tuesday's run is a seven mile loop that includes a 3 mile section of hill running. Running through the hills today gave me some confidence moving forward. This is good considering my fears that developed during Saturday's long run.
Even though I felt confident with my run through the hills, the group still ran me into the ground. The pace was very quick (my log says 7:20 something pace). In fact, I have not run that quick in training since I trained for the Flying Pig in 2003. So today, I'm sure I found my lactate threshold!
If you know me and my philosophy of training, then this might be a surprise. But I'm willing to continue running these runs, as long as I can remain logical. (These are always famous last words for the runner, before they sit out 3 months with injuries.) Running with the group seems to out-weigh my fears about training so intensly, at the moment.
Reminder: nutrition, yoga sessions, core strength and stretching for runners program. All as important as threshold sessions for a successful marathon!
Ironically, yesterday I mentioned having faith in your plan. Today I'm changing the plan so that my threshold runs are Tuesday's (today) and my strides/technique work are my Wednesday's evening run. This makes since physiologically too, so I'm willing to make the change. Having the LT run on Tuesday's gives me 24 hours of recovery before my next run. If the LT run is on Wednesday, then I'd have approximately 10 - 12 hours. Which isn't enough to recover from a session like I had this morning.
Well that was day one with the McGee's group. Only 1 workout and 10 weeks of getting run over to go.
My plan is to run with the group on Tuesday's and Thursday's until the marathon, hopefully I'll have plenty of lessons learned to share with you. Lessons learned by the mistakes I'll make running with such a solid group or by the conversations we have and the tips they are willing to share.
This morning the group included some runners that I've run with before such as: Jim, Carol and Saori. I've also swam with Todd at the swamp a couple times (well, we were in the swamp at the same time... I can't really swim with him.) There was also a whole group of people that I didn't know... and unfortunately I'm terrible with names. But I'll introduce them (and hopefully their running stories) over the next 11 weeks.
The Run: Tuesday's run is a seven mile loop that includes a 3 mile section of hill running. Running through the hills today gave me some confidence moving forward. This is good considering my fears that developed during Saturday's long run.
Even though I felt confident with my run through the hills, the group still ran me into the ground. The pace was very quick (my log says 7:20 something pace). In fact, I have not run that quick in training since I trained for the Flying Pig in 2003. So today, I'm sure I found my lactate threshold!
If you know me and my philosophy of training, then this might be a surprise. But I'm willing to continue running these runs, as long as I can remain logical. (These are always famous last words for the runner, before they sit out 3 months with injuries.) Running with the group seems to out-weigh my fears about training so intensly, at the moment.
Reminder: nutrition, yoga sessions, core strength and stretching for runners program. All as important as threshold sessions for a successful marathon!
Ironically, yesterday I mentioned having faith in your plan. Today I'm changing the plan so that my threshold runs are Tuesday's (today) and my strides/technique work are my Wednesday's evening run. This makes since physiologically too, so I'm willing to make the change. Having the LT run on Tuesday's gives me 24 hours of recovery before my next run. If the LT run is on Wednesday, then I'd have approximately 10 - 12 hours. Which isn't enough to recover from a session like I had this morning.
Well that was day one with the McGee's group. Only 1 workout and 10 weeks of getting run over to go.
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