It's all relative

AM: 14 miles with Darek, Anthony, John, and Rona.

AM: 10 miles total, 3.5 fast.  1x1mile, 8x400, 2x30 seconds.  Splits- mile 4:55, 400s- 1:11, 1:11, 1:10, 1:08, 1:10, 1:10, 1:13, 1:09, then the sprints. 

PM: 7.5 miles, 3 @ 5:30-5:45/mile pace.

PM: 11.1 miles with Brian.

PM: Workout-  4x1 mile repeats with 3:00 not-strict-but-jogging recoveries with John and Darek followed by 2x30 second sprints.  I did the first interval with them, then did my own thing and we came back together for the recovery jogs.  Splits- 5:42, 4:59, 4:57, 5:01 then the two sprints.

Mostly happy.  Next step is all of them at 4:55/mile, which is hopefully doable in a week.

So, I haven't posted in a while.  Since getting sick in the summer, I have changed my running a lot.  I stopped my in between runs- so my regular, easy mileage runs.   Then I stopped the workouts.  Then I stopped running altogether.  It was difficult for me.  My heart was a mess.  Might still be a mess.  Who knows.  It took me multiple days to recover from even basic runs, which is amazing, since I was putting in a lot of mileage and was very fit at the time.  Then the soreness and tiredness was also there.  The arrhythmias were the difficult part.  I still feel it from time to time.  What's odd is it is usually at the beginning of exercise, and then I suppose it just finds its groove.

When I started back up with running, I still could only handle about 3 runs a week, so I decided to make them count.  I basically did two workouts a week on Tues/Thurs, then an easy long-ish run on Sundays with no speed.  It was weird to stop running, but even more weird to cut out four days a week of running.  I do not like not having the cosistency of running every day.

As for what is to come... of course, as runners we're all at bit of a crossroads.  There are no good races, and the ones that do occur are pretty lame.  We'll see.

PM: 10.5 miles, 3.5ish fast on the treadmill.  6x3:00, although the first one was a warmup.  Paces per mile were 5:24, 4:50, 4:52, 4:52, 4:48, 4:48.  

A couple of thoughts: The warmup interval is probably stupid and doesn't serve a purpose. Also, I really hate the length of time it takes a treadmill to slow the heck down.  The last interval I broke into a 2:00 interval, 60 second jog, then the last 1:00.  I just talked myself out of completing it correctly mentally.    Hate it when that happens.  Overall, mildly happy with the workout, as it completes another solid week of legitimate workouts.  Minus that weird final 3:00 interval.  In the words of Bill Belichick... I'm on to Tuesday (workout!)!