Week 2: With Apologies to The Stooges

Week two is showing some promise.

Monday:
Off.

Tuesday:
I did a series of five 1K intervals with 1 minutes rest breaks in between. They clocked out, respectively, at 4:15, 4:40, 4:02, 4:29, and 4:29. My interval course is much more uphill on the return trip, which is why the odd intervals are usually slower, but considering that my slowest K of the day would had netted a 22:25 5K I can't complain too much. Average end-of-interval HR: 174.

Wednesday:
The plan called for an easy day so I jogged for thirty minutes (3.3 miles) on the treadmill at the gym. Note, Dancing with the Stars sucks.

Thursday:
I'm coming to love my tempo run days. This one was supposed to be a one-mile warm up, followed by five kilometers at tempo pace, then a one-mile cool-down. I clocked a 23:03 for the tempo portion and went home feeling pretty good about that.

Friday:
Again, the plan called for an easy day so I ran 2.6 miles on the treadmill while watching NCIS--it's better than DCTS, but I still can't see MArk Harmon without thinking of Ted Bundy.

Saturday:
The plan called for nine miles on Saturday, but I had to be out of town so I pushed Saturday's workout to Sunday.

Sunday:
Originally the plan called for an easy day today, but I had to make up for Saturday's dropped workout. I did nine miles (three at race pace like the plan said) and finished in 1:06:18 (6@43:00 and 3@23:18). Overall, I'm feeling pretty good about how I'm running at this point.