Training in Montana

Noon Boot Camp. Lots of lower body/quad workouts so I should be sore until Friday. Ah...

4 miles this morning. Beautiful morning, fairly warm at 60F. We're having a hot spell this week in the low 90s for highs. Wild weather swings. I've been dying for an exercise fix and got one yesterday at boot camp and today with a short run. I need a race....

4 miles this beautiful morning. Had a decent pace. Thinking about a 5K on 10/4 and I'm not well trained for it so halfway through mile 3 I decided to pick it up for a while. My watch is only pace per mile, not current pace, so not sure what I was hitting but I brought it from 7:45 to 7:05 so I was moving. After hitting mile 3 the pace reset and at one point was at 6:05 so I guess I was moving quicker than I thought, but a slight downhill so not that impressive. Not long after I hit the brakes and coasted in for my last mile. Overall, my fitness is nowhere near PR for a 5K but I think I can be just slightly over 20 minutes. I hope.

AP: 8:04

Noon: Boot Camp. I need to step it up in all aspects of my fitness so I hit BC for the 2nd time this week. The soreness should last me a while as my quads are still very sore from Monday.

4 miles this morning from the Y. I am not ready for a solid 5K. I've run so few miles since April and hardly any fast miles. My legs are not solid. I ran a slowish first mile, faster second mile then ran a 5K paced 3rd mile in 6:32. I could barely hold on. There's no way I can keep a pace close to this for 3.1. I'll decide next week whether to run it or not.

10 Saturday morning miles on my normal route. I love running up hills. On the flat I'm lethargic but a hill starts and my engine revs and I power up it. I may not be fast but I can keep going. I need to turn that strength into a focus on ultras and that's where my mind has been lately. I might do that 5K but it's 50/50 right now. Glad to hit double digits once again and be above 20 mpw, as pathetic as that is.