Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

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8:16a	Tuesday. Date: 04/29/2008 Time: 6:16am Duration: 1:02:05 Location: Barton Springs Sport: Swimming Workout: 60min swim Distance: 3105 yds Weather: Chilly, mid 50s People: Matt, Amy, Jess, Jeremiah Comments: Started a little later than normal, but got there just between deankat starting and teambaraka and Co. starting. Air was colder than the water again, resulting in lots of neat mist. Did my first 4 laps just steady, with a brief pickup to try to see how long I could draft off a superfast guy who blew by me. Right before I finished my 4th, A,J&J were heading out, so when I turned around, I tried to catch them, in vain. Found them at the dam and joined them for their next length, which I thought should be my last. Realized at the other end I still had lots of time left to get to an hour, so led for a cooldown length, then drafted for the return length. (Comment on this)
8:17p	Tuesday. Date: 04/29/2008 Time: 6:00pm Duration: 0:59:38 Location: Zilker Park Sport: Running Workout: 15min w/u, 3 x 1 mile fast w/ 3min rest btwn, c/d loop Distance: ~5.87 miles Weather: Around 80, warm, sunny People: TxFe Comments: Made the mistake of doing my warmup with riverbrady, who we hadn't seen since CdA, and who runs much faster than I do. So instead of a warmup, it was probably roughly my marathon goal pace from marathon season. I was certainly warm by the time we were done, though! And then.. mile repeats. Oof. From the gate, gradual uphill to the other gate, steeper uphill for a second, then a long, long downhill, another short, steep uphill, then a turn and back to the gate. So.. not flat. And we were supposed to do it not at our 5k pace, but at a pace that we'd LIKE to run a 5k at. Having gotten faster recently, it was a little disappointing that he sent us off in waves.. the sub-6 people.. the 6-7 minute people.. and The Rest. Dammit! I can't ever be not The Rest. :) Followed Kelly, Jennifer and Cheryl out. Cheryl took off like a madwoman, and Jennifer pulled ahead, but I managed to stick behind Kelly. I just tried to be uncomfortable at all times, and I surely was. At the end of each mile, I was wheezing and panting and very grumpy. And I didn't manage to maintain my pace from the first mile for the next two, but overall, I'm.. pretty damn ecstatic with my times. Fastest three miles I've ever done. 7:48 7:55 7:55 I don't think I ever thought I'd run a sub-8 even for a single mile. Ran my c/d with Scott, who told me he ran one of his miles sub-7. Crazy. (3 Comments | Comment on this)

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