Training in Montana

7 TM miles at the Hampton Inn in Bozeman where we stayed the last couple nights. Good run. Awful noise when I started on it, but thankfully it ended after 1/2 mile. Happy bank holiday!

3 TM miles at the Y just before lunch. My work team had a lunch planned for 1 pm so I hit the gym about 11:40, then they decided to bump the lunch up to 12. I went ahead with my run but hit much faster paces than I normally would, then met them 25 minutes late. It all worked out well.

5 Yasso 800s this morning outside up and down my normal hill. (up) 3:14, 3:18, 3:16, (down) 3:10, 3:13. Tough doing those up hills! Good workout. 

Very windy outside this morning, so home TM for my Friday marathon pace workout. 1 mile warmup at 10:00 pace for 1/2 mile, then 8:35 for 1/2, and 1% incline for the entire run. 7 miles at 8.1 mph/7:24 pace. I don't know if it was the Yasso workout or only 1% incline or having done a few pace workouts now or my home TM is slower than at the Y, but this one was so much easier than previous. It also helped that I was able to watch a Jackie Chan movie (Twin Dragons) while running. It completely took my mind off the difficult-ish pace and let me just run without thinking about it. Major sweat fest. Great workout.

The wind is not my friend. 10 miles today in a stiff diagonal 22 mph wind, hitting my right front shoulder. The out was none too fun. Legs were tired from yesterday's MP effort, then the wind just made it tougher. I suffered through it. Good run. 

A few hours later my outer calves throbbed like they have in the past. It doesn't make sense. I didn't run fast today, not very far. Maybe it was the leaning into the wind? Not sure, but odd.