It's all relative

Long run in Clearwater this morning, 8 bridges total with Lee, Lyle, Mark, and a couple of others. Got there early so I ran 2 miles, then Lee came, and we did about 5 more, then we met up with the group for 2 sets of 8 milers. I didn't care much for the breaks, so I tried to run through them. I always wonder if all the short breaks of stopping negatively affects endurance- I can't imagine it does, but my opinion is very malleable on that point.

Pace was generally around 8:00 minutes per mile for the first set and then 7:00-7:30 per mile for the second set, and Mark and I dropped the second to last mile to around 6:50 over the final bridge which was fun.

Somehow, the Florida weather is comfortable again, if only for the week. I'm not complaining.

AM: 7 miles

Noon: 4 miles treadmill, then gym

PM: 7 miles

Spring break! Even went to the gym today. 5x5 Lats, bis, lower back (wide grip row), traps. The runs got progressively more fun, so I kept going. Last 2 miles were a bit tiring, since my arms/abs were tired.

AM: 4 miles

PM: track- 4 x 1 mile, with 2:30-3:00ish recoveries (400 and then standing at the line). Splits: 5:09, 5:09, 5:15, 5:07

It started out as a challenging workout. Drew wasn't able to make it and Lee was still testing his achilles and wouldn't be pushing it too hard, so I just had to stay focused and ran alone. Not really sure what happened on #3 there, but on #4 I turned it around and came out a little better. Jim pushed me for 200 on the second lap which I was thankful for. Felt good afterwards, ran another 3 miles to cool down.

AM: 3 mile warmup then 5x5 chest, shoulders, rotator cuffs, and tris.

PM: 12 miles, 6 in my old sneaks, 6 in my new flats. Excited- first pair ever! Couldn't help but run a little quick in them.

Ran on Bayshore, Tampa- beautiful run!

AM: 1.5 mile warmup with Dow, Rick, and a couple others. This is the first time I've run with them, but they've been trying to get me out for a while. Great plyometrics routine to get loose.

The workout: 2 x 200 (sprint), 1 x 600 (5k pace), repeat 4 times total, then 2 x 200 to finish. I took the first one and ran the 200s at mile pace, but realized that wasn't the workout to help me, so I switched them to sprint efforts at about 90-95%, and focused on form. The 600s stayed at at mile pace: 1:56, 1:52, 1:52, then 1:45.

The intervals seemed fast, but this group waits for everybody to finish and do a 200 recovery before going again, so I used it as an opportunity to work on sprint speed especially in the 200s.

Overall, lots of fun and supportive.

I guess I had 2 fast-ish miles in there. Might be lying to myself. And to you... Internet.

Was fun running with Christina and Drew!

AM: very slow