It's been a while since I have written so let me catch you up really quickly. The main reason I haven't posted recently is because I haven't felt like there has been all that much to talk about. That, however, has started to change. Over the last couple weeks, Kimi and I have been logging some pretty good miles. Just last week, we finally made it over the 60 mile/week amount for what should have been the beginning of a nice long string of 60+ mile weeks. We have started adding some acceleration runs and steady tempo runs into the mix so that we can start generating some faster strength before we add in multiple workouts each week. Since Kimi and I both don't really enjoy the cold weather, we are typically just trying to survive the winter with enough miles to be rocking and rolling by April and May. With Kimi's Olympic Trials race a year away, we have been determined to prove to ourselves that we can reach our goals despite the cold weather. Things had been going extremely well prior to the snow fall that makes it nearly impossible to have quality runs outdoors in Springfield. If only I had the means to plow the trails in the area. I would have got it done the first day and then perhaps I wouldn't have ended up with the tragedy of a week that I had last week. This week, we are focused on getting back on track.
Up to this point, we have completed a 3 mi, 4 mi, and 6 mi tempo run and they have all been quite impressive. Last year in the early spring, we had several of our tempo runs where it was all we could do to hit 6 min pace or slightly under. So far this year, we've been cruising closer to 5:50-55 pace which is exactly what we're needing to do to truly be prepped for our April and June goals.
Our goal this week is to hit 70 miles with one acceleration run and one stellar ladder workout on Saturday. I'm pretty excited that I'm now able to start focusing more on my running and finishing up our house remodel now that my weekends won't be full of continuing education seminars for some time now. As much as I love learning new things, I also love my weekends!
This weeks goal - 70 miles
Result= in progress!
