Tmill

In the middle of the week, I did a treadmill workout due to snowy and unclear roadways.  I warmed up and cooled down outside with Mae, the d-o-g.  It was a great opportunity to test out my new flats, the Mizuno Wave Ronin 2.  The club I run for (Team R.UN) is sponsored by Mizuno, so I got a bunch of sweet gear from Marx Running and Fitness (Acton, MA) last weekend.  The Ronins were comfortable as soon as I slipped them on and I didn't think abut them during the run--perfect!  I'm looking forward to using them in more workouts and races. 

As for the workout, it didn't go exactly as planned, but I ended up doing 2 x 2 mile, 2 x 1 mile repeats and still got in a good workout.  I struggled more than I expected, but I'm not convinced that I made the right road-treadmill conversion, especially with the temperature soaring near the wood stove.  I hope to revisit this idea, but after my long run today, I don't think I could successfully string together a logical argument.  The long run went well and I hope that my recovery follows suit.  Have a great weekend!

Seven & Seven

7-7...There are 77 days until the Boston Marathon.  Yup, I counted and now have an ongoing count-down.  After being out a bit with a sore foot, I did my first workout today.  It was an eight mile cut-down, just to get in a little faster running and see where I was at.  It's a good introductory workout and I have some past results (although not on this course) to compare it to.  I typically stuggle a bit with cut-downs, so it was a good tester, too.  It went well and I enjoyed doing it.  It was appropriately hard and I'll have to see how the course goes next time (to get a better baseline for effort vs. pace), since it rolled quite a bit with a couple of decent hills.  I enjoyed some orange hammer gel post workout/pre-cool-down to hasten the recovery....mmmmmm.