Tuesday Morning Track

Drove to the track this morning (was riding the bicycle when I got a call from Sophia asking to take her to school). Decided to do some 400's. First two laps were easy. Took a 2 min rest between intervals. I had to escape the rain. Not sure if we'll have rain this evening. 

Distance	TIME	Calc. pace	Garmin Pace
400 m	2:32 min	10:12 MPM	10:20 MPM
400 m	2:04 min	8:19 MPM	8:24 MPM
400 m	1:53 min	7:35 MPM	7:39 MPM
400 m	1:51 min	7:27 MPM	7:25 MPM
400 m	1:45 min	7:02 MPM	6:57 MPM
400 m	1:44 min	6:58 MPM	7:14 MPM
400 m	1:54 min	7:39 MPM	7:37 MPM
400 m	1:50 min	7:23 MPM	7:41 MPM
400 m	1:38 min	6:34 MPM	6:44 MPM
400 m	2:04 min	8:19 MPM	8:21 MPM

Took Sophia to the track in the evening and ran 4X400 together. She also tried to jump on the hurdles. She'll be a good hurdle runner!

Distance	TIME	Calc. pace	Garmin Pace
400 m	2:17 min	9:11 MPM	9:00 MPM
400 m	1:50 min	7:23 MPM	7:26 MPM
400 m	2:02 min	8:11 MPM	8:16 MPM
400 m	2:06 min	8:27 MPM	8:21 MPM

Eliud Kipchoge

Today, the best marathoner in the world is most probably Eliud Kipchoge. He tried breaking the 2:00:00 time last September (2018), and there is a new project to try to do it again. Recently, he won the 2019 London Marathon. He has also the world record in Berlin (2:01:39). 

Total Running Productions has uploaded four Episodes where they talk about Eliud.
Episode I
Episode II
Episode III
Episode IV

Thursday May 23 2019

Met with Rocio and Dane at TrueBlood and ran a couple of laps. We ran at a conversational pace. They were running behind me, but it was good. My leg behaved pretty good, so I was happy. I felt I could run longer at that comfortable pace.

In the afternoon, I went along side of Andres for nine miles. I was riding the bicycle. He is following the training program very closely.

Wednesday TrueBlood

Met with Rocio this morning at TrueBlood. We started walking and then started running when we were by this bench. Unfortunately, I screwed up with my Garmin and I did not record properly how much we ran today. We ran slowly and my leg did not hurt. I'm happy for that. We did some different types of exercises when we finished running. 

Tuesday May 21 2019

Went running on the track this morning. Warmed up first walking and running a couple of laps. Ran with Rocio. This is the second time we meet at the track. There was another lady running and doing some intervals there. Maybe she is a FB friend. I am happy with the chronos this morning. Leg still hurts, but pain is bearable.

400 m	2:41 min	10:55 MPM
400 m	2:23 min	9:39 MPM
1600 m	8:57 min	8:57 MPM
1600 m	8:51 min	8:51 MPM

Monday May 20 2019

My leg still hurts, but it is getting better. I feel like I am ready to go out on the roads, but I am trying to be careful, so I prefer to run on the track. Did a couple of 400 warm-ups and then added a little bit of speed, finished with an easy-800.

400 m	2:20 min	9:30 MPM
400 m	2:08 min	8:35 MPM
400 m	1:50 min	7:07 MPM
400 m	1:45 min	6:54 MPM
400 m	1:44 min	6:58 MPM
400 m	1:40 min	6:37 MPM
400 m	1:37 min	6:30 MPM
400 m	1:46 min	7:22 MPM
800 m	4:40 min	9:21 mpm

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Rode my bicycle this morning. Roads were very wet because of the rain we've had these days. Clear Creek was really high and gate was closed by the shelter on Camp Cardinal. Ran into Karen and Sophia and rode my bike back with them.

Hit the track in the afternoon with Andres. Did a few 400m intervals. My leg is still in pain, but getting better. Did not want to push it too much. Hopefully, it will keep getting better. 400s were between 1:37 and 2:30 min.  Hopefully, I can keep doing 400s in less than 2 min for now. 

400 m	2:30 min	10:38 MPM
400 m	2:31 min	10:26 MPM
400 m	1:58 min	8:30 MPM
400 m	1:53 min	7:54 MPM
400 m	1:47 min	7:11 MPM
400 m	1:47 min	7:08 MPM
400 m	1:37 min	6:37 MPM
400 m	1:46 min	7:29 MPM

We are supposed to start our marathon training program tomorrow!  We're supposed to run 7 miles on Tuesday. Not sure this is happening.