April fools. An ambiguously auspicious beginning to a key training week.
When I was a kid, it snowed 2 feet of snow on April fools day one year. Unfortunately I attended the only school within 50 miles that insisted on opening anyways, and each kid had to shovel snow for 5 minutes prior to being let in. The next day it warmed up to 50 degrees and the april fools snow melted cleanly away as if it had never happened.
Sunday 04/01: 9.7 Miles, 1:32:26 easy in the Arroyo to the Rose Bowl. 47:47 out in 145-150 bpm, 44:39 back at 150-155 bpm. Felt a bit barfy in the beginning due to consumption of late lunch... much better on way back, a bit cooler, downhill, stomach a bit more settled. HRM being a punk in the beginning, but I think avg. HR lower than last week.
Monday 04/02: 3.1 Miles, 10 laps easy around North Fields at 145 bpm. Uneventful, slightly peeved that it always takes me a while to rediscover an efficient stride--feeling a bit OCD about monitoring HR and lap times. Core strengthening at the gym. Looking forward to miles tomorrow for some strange reason.
Tuesday 04/03: 9 miles, 7 laps warm up around North Fields, 4 x mile (190-195 bpm) with 1 lap jog recovery, drills, 6 laps cool down around North Fields. Miles felt not quite right, having a lot of trouble controlling pacing, 6:39, 6:46, 6:49, 6:32. Pacing and breathing and stride all clicked into place on the 4th one, felt perfect through 2 laps (3:18), then kinda went nuts and spiked the HR. Pleasantly tired, then after drills, unpleasantly tired.
Wednesday 04/04: 5.9 miles, Arroyo recovery loop, 53:20, 15 minutes of jogging, 23 minutes of 165 bpm, 15 minutes of jogging. Hard to control HR, shins complained on pavement sections, didn't feel great. Overall could have gone better, but not a complete disaster.
Thursday 04/05: 7.5 miles, Huntington up Los Robles, 1:10:53 easy 150-60 bpm depending on terrain. Definitely more tired than last week. Developed a blister, needed to pee... all sorts of uncomfortable. Drills on the infield, saw the Shapiro unit.
Friday 04/06: 3.1 miles, 10 laps around North fields, core strengthening at the gym. Stressed out, moderately tired. No sleep.
Saturday 04/07: 7 miles, Drinking + Second hand smoke + All-nighter = Ill-advised pre-tempo day preparation. 7 laps around North fields to warm up, extra slow, feeling groggy, head still hurts. 3 mile tempo in 21:27(7:09,7:12,7:06) at 185 bpm. Intended 3.5 miles, but felt really barfy, just couldn't make it those last 2 laps. Detour to bathroom, then shortened drills, really nauseous... 8 laps around South fields to cool down at 140 bpm, felt a little better after that.
Target Mileage: 45 Miles
Week Actual: 45.3 Miles
Last Week: 42 Miles
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