A tough week

Ok, so I may have been pushing myself a little too much this week, but frankly I needed it.

The week started with bang and is going to end with a painful wimper.

After running nearly 6 miles on Monday, I answered the call on http://www.meetup.com to do some interval training on Tuesday. Well, Tuesday was cold, about 30 degrees. But Megan and I had a great run. We did 1/2 mile normal pace warm-up, then 4 laps of 200 meters at slightly slower and 200 meters at slightly faster. We normally run around 9:45 miles, our slightly slower is 10 min and our slightly faster we around 9:15. Then we did 4 laps of progressively faster. Start out at 10 min/miles for 100 meters, then 9:45 for 100 meters then 9:15 for 100 meters then gutting it out for a sprint the last 100 meters. Then 2 more laps of cool down and we were down. A nice 3 mile total for the day.

Took Wednesday off from running, but not working out. See the P90X blog for that nonsense.

Thursday, another frosty day at the beach, I met Megan and her hubby Dave at our usual spot. Megan asked if I wanted to add a mile. Not wanting to disappoint I agreed. So, our 4 mile beach run turned into 5 1/8 miles down the boardwalk (with a quick potty break for Megan at Catch 31, you should see the looks you get in that place when you come in wearing workout clothes) to 8th street and then back up Atlantic to our cars. We probably could have made it all the way down to first and gotten in 6 miles, but no need to kill ourselves. Megan is planning that for Saturday when it's warmer.

Next up, 9 miles on Saturday morning. This ought to be fun.