Have some catching up to do on here since I've had a pretty busy week of work and travel. After last weeks SOS 'speed' workout on Monday, I thoroughly enjoyed my day off on Tuesday although I did have to travel or work. On my way back to Denver (this was a driving trip), Ifinished my last appointment at about 4:30pm and wanted to hurry to try to get in as much of my first tempo run as possible before it got dark. Unfortunately, I was still out in rolling farm land and although I was greeted by this amazing view at the start of my warmup, it certainly wouldn't last...
I did about a 1.75mi warmup before doing some dynamic stretching and drills and getting into it. Unfortunately, by that point, I literally made all of about a quarter mile before the sun set behind the mountains leaving me in rapidly fading light on uneven, loose gravel farm roads. Whatever though, at this point I was commited...
The goals was a 6-mile tempo at 6:06 mile-pace. I didn't come anywhere close:
6:20, 6:20, 6:27, 6:18, 6:15, 6:18 (6:19 avg pace)
Almost the entire workout was run in the pitch black (no I didn't have a headlamp) on extremely hilly, loose gravel roads at 6,000ft elevation. That's about all that I can take any solace in from the shitty result of this workout. Lesson learned though: In the future, regardless of work, I will plan better for where, and when, I will be doing these workouts. In the Hanson's plan, SOS workouts are the focus of the week and when you come up short on one of them IT SUCKS!
The rest of the week was fine with some easy runs and a long run of a whopping 10-miles on Saturday. Ended out the week at 45-miles and am feeling pretty good. Next week I'll be making better decisions when it comes to planning and I'm looking forward to seeing the results.
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