Week4: Saturday run

I thought of joining the run at Rancho San Antonio County Park. The run was at 7AM. I must have reset my alarm. I woke up at 6:45AM. Cussed myself and went to catch the next boat - the 8AM run at River mark plaza. About half the run was on paved roads and the scenery wasn't quite as good as the one @ Rancho. But a mile is still a mile. We started from the police station @ RiverMark plaza through Agnew, Lafayette and Hope hit Lick Mill and ran till tasman. Following that, the stretch on the Guadalupe creek trail was easy on the legs. We finished the loop back at the police station and bid farewell. This was an OYO (on-your-own) run. So, no water station. But the mentor (Chris) brought some water and Gatorade at the loop end. We thanked him profusely and gulp-gulped the H2O. Reached home in time for breakfast.

I have to cover 8 miles in the next week long run :-)
sai.

Week4: Coach's workout

Today we did timed track at Los Gatos High School. The trainer had the wrong keys to the lights room and so we all ran in the dark. It wasn't that bad. We had 2 laps of warm-up followed by stretches. The main work out was on the tracks with the coach timing our run. It was 1 lap-rest-1lap-rest-2laps-rest repeated twice. When we run the laps, the finishing lap should be faster than the first one. So, controlling the speed in first lap and running slower than what I usually run (it is very hard to do that :-)) is the only way to achieve that goal. But I did not realize how hard it is to control the speed initially and switch on the "Turbo" towards the end. It was a good work out. The timing was "2:57,2:10,5:09 :::: 2:50,2:20,5:20" run. The coach said there will be a marked improvement between this and post training. They keep saying these things to keep you motivated ;-))

BTW, got the group photo clicked during the orientation meeting. Attached for viewing pleasure !

Rgds
sai.

Week4: Bad start

I have skipped my Monday workout (excuse: lot of catchup to do @ work). Tuesday run was not satisfactory. The thing that goes on in one's head can really screw up one's rhythm. There should be a switch to mentally shut up. I ran for a couple of miles but walked the rest. I thought I should just get out rather than skipping it all together.

Sai