Speed Workout

Ugh I hate speed workouts but they are so good for a distance runner. I woke up early on Saturday. I know "gasp" its a Saturday and that means a day to sleep in. Not for a distance runner, expecially in the summer, when you need to run before the heat of the day but its fall. So back to the speed workout... It was freezing cold and foggy and my dad had no mercy on me. I ran a 400m at full speed, on a muddy track. Ugh it hurts, believe me. Then I did 4, 400m at 3/4 speed but the last 150m would be at a full sprint. They help with my kick in longer races like the 800m and 1600m. After that I did a stair workout, which is running up stairs and back down. I did 40 of those. It was painful but it feels good afterwards.

Daly Mansion 5k

On Saturday I ran in the Daly Mansion race. It was very nice out but the course wasn't the best. It was the same course that held the Hamilton Invitational Cross Country meet on the same day. Since we don't have a cross country team here, I had to run in the community race. Well the start line was in the middle of a gopher field. Lets just say the first thing I did was almost twist my ankle in a gopher hole. Then the race continued right into the yard next to the manison. I thought the race would be mostly flat.... awe to bad, the hills were itty bitty but they were steep and numerous. I was in first place for the females until the last 600m, then a 30+ year old came rushing past me. I held on to my second place and got my second best time. My time was 23:50.

Distance Running

Inspirational Running