GT Workout

Time: 79:32
Distance: 12 miles

This was the first morning in quite some time when it wasn't windy. However, it was still freezing. I think the weatherman told me it was about 20 degrees when I got out there. I put on some pretty good running tops and pants, and got out the door to warm up to the GT in 26:39. Tom wanted me to get through a tempo run but decided on this workout instead.

Target: 4 x mile in 5:20, 5:15, 5:10, 5:05 with 400 meter jog. The quicker the jog the better.
Splits: 5:11.94, (1:53), 5:11.18, (1:49), 5:13.85, (1:54), 5:08.93, (1:51) for 28:14 total.

Since it was so cold I wanted to take advantage of feeling warm at the start of the workout. I came through the first 800 meters in about 2:36 and just wanted to maintain. I figured that I might not be able to drop the pace once my muscles started to lock up under the cold, so I ran a bit harder than I was intending to in the beginning. It seemed to work out decently well. I felt a little stiff on the last 800 meters of the third mile. My right hip was lagging behind. I think on the final interval I ran splits of 2:36/2:32.

Not a bad workout. I'll definitely take this one considering the weather. The 400m recovery was key for this workout going well. I was almost able to warm up a bit before pressing into another hard effort.

C/d back to the Lodge in 24:39. Showered and hurried to catch the bus in order to meet with my academic advisor and finish an article for the Oklahoma Daily.