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speed day.

felt GREAT after two days rest.. damn. roger bannister knew how to do it.

didn't punch the gas tho.

11/07/2018

<= 4:59 mile vs <= 2:59 km:
- 11 (sub5) + 11 (sub3) = 22 of 50, 28 to go!

top3 finishes:
2018: 28/37 (stay healthy!)
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1

diet:
- ate good/light




8:50 PM: workout: mod speed after 2d rest (grass/spikes/pitch dark): {mile @ 5:00} + {6 x 400-420m, 4:5X-4:3X pace per effort}
- https://www.strava.com/activities/1952363127
- https://www.endomondo.com/users/26420622/workouts/1226249790
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3146348722

felt great after two days rest. didn't punch the gas tho.

took 2 days off after that light long run on sunday, made me feel awful. body achy, soleus hurting etc. the small break helped me recover mostly.

196 SPM on that mile effort, nice! (lower than usual)

anyway, felt good tonight.

wanted to do many more quarter mile efforts but park was closed, not smart training there like that at night.

trying to gear myself up lately for some bigger workouts (stacking hard speed volume into one workout, ie multiple sub5's and/or sub3's etc).







gn!

just now on strava, saw a follow suggestion, one of the fast folks in SFL. checked his mile PR (4:30) which I assumed was at the M&W mile last December (my first mile race of 2017).

this is funny:

https://www.strava.com/activities/1299213887/overview

Mitchell and West Holiday Family Fun Mile
I was hoping to go under 4:30 for the mile after running the 5k but really wasn't sure how much I had left. I felt okish at the gun and went out in the front off the pack. Ethan and another guy pulled ahead a little and at about 350 meters I felt like I had almost nothing left. I did my best to stay up there and pull Into 2nd with Joshua rght on me. Ethan had about 3 seconds on me at the turn around so I surged after to keep Joshua behind me. With 400 left my arms were a little numb from the effort and I tried to catch Ethan. A held off Joshua and made up some ground on Ethan but it was to little too late.

i'm the "other guy".

loool.

i started off really good in that race, but stomach was bubbling up and i just wimped out. really felt good too.

would like to do a strong mile there this year.

rest day.

race tomorrow.

left knee/calves a bit beat up, probably due to the increase in road running lately. need to re-adapt to this.

11/09/2018

<= 4:59 mile vs <= 2:59 km:
- 11 (sub5) + 11 (sub3) = 22 of 50, 28 to go!

top3 finishes:
2018: 28/37 (stay healthy!)
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1

diet:
- had a large frozen coffee w/ whipped cream at dunkin donuts.. i ordered a small like usual, but the lady likes me & gave me a large, need to tell her not to do that if she does it again, was way too much, felt like it gave me diabeetus.
- 2 x beet juice today
- salted almonds

where da bag at
where da bag at
where da bag at
where da bag at

who said sprinters can't run 5k's???

the 2nd place woman in the 5k I did yesterday, 19:56..

she's a 51.x 400m woman, olympic hopeful at the time (400m hurdles i think), like 10 years ago.

800m @ 2:05

https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/latosha-wallace-206341

i could be wrong.. but looks like the same girl from yesterday:

http://usatfoutdoor.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=49&do=videos&video_id=72854

block 2 original post: http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg144606/#msg144606

Quoting this because:
1) I'm closing this block out tomorrow
2) It's absolutely batshit

Block 3 will be pretty simple:
1) <= 4:49 mile race
2) <= 16:59 5k

I'm shifting my mile race "goal" to 4:49 instead of 4:39, for one reason: roads vs grass. I run way better on grass w/ spikes. Roads really beat me up now. I think the fact that I can notice it makes me hold back more. I'd like to adapt more to roads again, so I can hit it hard to close out late November and all of December, but there's definitely a difference between roads & (track/grass) for me. I used to actually run slower on grass than roads, but I think once I got used to it and once I realized how much better I feel on grass, I just shifted my focus completely.

For example, right now my quads are destroyed. Feels like i've been squatting heavy, it's crazy. It's just the increase of road volume lately. My quads can't handle it. They'll adapt fast, i'm pretty certain of it.. but running on grass is healthier that's for sure.

Anyway, block 2 = complete.

Only thing I really failed was the 5:0X race mile. I tried that's for sure. Just picked a bad course to do it (the one with the opening (significant) hill, Trick or Trot 5k). Also failed it at Schott 5k, started out like 4:30 pace lmao.

The craziest PR out of everything in there, was probably my 2 miler @ 10:36. That was enormous. All of those mile/km PR's were kind of expected.. the 2 miler, definitely wasn't.

Going to edit this post during the block:

Maybe run it until early Nov.

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block:
- easing back in to high frequency, hard speed work

block duration:
- 2018/10/06 to ?

block goals:
- 1km PR: < 2:53
- mile: 4:5X
- 1.5 mi @ 5:1X
- 400m @ <= 64s
- race mile split: 5:0x


fastest efforts:
- top/speed: 17.0 (PM), 17.9 (PM), 16.1 (PM), 15.9 (PM)
- 200m: 30.0 (PM), 29.95 (PM), 30.1 (PM)
- 400m: 1:08.8 (PM)
- 800m: 2:16 (grass, PM, ), 2:15 (grass, AM, )
- 1km: 3:14 (race, AM), 3:17 (AM) / 3:06 (PM), 3:11 (PM), 3:06 (race, AM), 2:57 (grass, AM, ), 2:49 (PM, ), 3:03 (grass, mile, AM), 3:05 (grass, mile, PM), 2:57 (grass, PM), 2:49 (grass, AM, ), 2:58 (track, PM), 3:00 (grass, mile, PM), 3:09 (race, AM), 2:58 (grass, AM), 2:59 (grass, mile, PM), 2:58 (grass, AM), 2:50 (grass, PM)
- mile: 5:21 (race, AM), 5:17 (race, AM), 4:58 (grass, AM, ), 4:56 (grass, PM, ), 4:57 (grass, PM), 4:58 (grass, PM), 5:08 (grass, AM), 4:47 (grass, PM, :personal-record), 5:13.97 (race, PM, ), 5:15 + 5:21 (2 mile, grass, PM), 5:01 (grass, AM), 4:50 (grass, PM), 5:00 (grass, PM)
- 2 mile: 10:36 (5:15 + 5:21, grass, PM, )
- longest hold: 0.70 mi @ 4:35 min/mi

fastest race splits:
- 1km: 3:14 (5:12 min/mi), 3:06 (5:00 min/mi), 3:09 (5:05 min/mi), 3:20
- mile: 5:21, 5:17, 5:13.97, 5:30
- 1km/mi differential: +7, +11, +8, +10
 
2018/10/07:
- AM: (road): 5k race: wreckage, but: 1km @ 03:14 (5:12 min/mi), 1 mi @ 5:21, 3k @ 10:28 (5:37 min/mi)
- PM: light light @ 2 hours (~12 mi)

2018/10/10:
- AM: (road): ~1100m @ 3:38 / 5:18 min/mi pace, 1km=3:17
- PM: (track): {~1290m @ 4:01.6 / 5:03 min/mi, 1km=3:06/4:59min/mi} + {400m @ 1:08.8 / 4:35 min/mi} + {200m @ 30.0 / 4:00 min/mi, top/s = 17.0 mph}

2018/10/11:
- AM: (road): ~370m @ 1:05 (4:35 min/mi)
- PM: (road): ~1142m @ 3:40.2 (5:09 min/mi), 1km split=3:11 (5:08 min/mi)

2018/10/13:
- AM: (road, race): 1km @ 3:06 (5:00 min/mi), inside of 1 mi @ 5:17
- PM: (grass): {2 x ~465m @ 1:16.8, 1:17.1 (4:25 min/mi)} + {2 x ~515m @ 1:28.5 (4:36), 1:31.7 (4:46) + 17.9 mph kick} + {~192m @ 28.6 (4:07)} + {~100m @ 15.5, 17.x mph}

2018/10/15:
- AM: (grass): 1km @ 2:57 (4:45 min/mi) , inside of ~1150m @ 3:23 (4:47 min/mi)
- PM: (track): 200m @ 29.95

2018/10/16: (grass):
- PM: (grass): 1k: 2:49 (-4s) (4:33 min/mi) // 13.17 mph
- ^800m split: 2:16 (-1s) // 13.17+ mph

2018/10/17:
- AM: (grass): 4:58 mile
- PM: (grass): 4:56 mile
- first sub5 mile on grass: 4:58.9 (strategic, 5:0x + 0.20 mi @ kick)
- second sub5 of the day and fastest grass mile: 4:56 (no kick)
- 2 x sub5 mile in one day
- 3 x days in a row sub3 1km or sub5 mile

2018/10/18:
- PM: (grass): ~1175m @ 3:27 / 4:47 min/mi, 1km split = 2:57 / 4:44 min/mi

2018/10/20:
- AM: (race): whatever
- PM: (grass): 4:57 mile

2018/10/21:
- PM: (grass): 4:58 mile

2018/10/23:
- AM: (grass): 2:49 1k  , 800m split @ 2:15 (-1s)
- PM: (track): 2:58 1k

2018/10/25:
- AM: (grass): 5:08 mile
- PM: (grass): 4:47 mile , 1km split = 3:00

2018/10/27:
- AM: (race): 5:13.97 mile (5k mile split race PR)

2018/10/28:
- AM: (grass): 2:58 1km
- PM: (grass):
- 2 mile: 10:36 / 5:18 min/mi (-27s)
- 3000m: 9:54 (-26s)
- 2 mile: first time under 11 min (previous best = 11:03)
- 3k: first time under 10 min (previous best = 10:24)

2018/10/30:
- AM: (grass): 5:01 mile
- PM: (grass): 4:50 mile w/ 1km split = 2:59

2018/11/01:
- AM: (grass): {1km @ 2:58 / 4:47 min/mi} + {52s @ 4:30 min/mi}
- PM: (grass): 0.70 mi @ 4:35 min/mi (1km split = 2:50)

2018/11/03:
- AM: (race): 5k (first mile = 5:30, 1km = 3:20)

2018/11/07:
- PM: (grass): 5:00 mile

i tried really hard to save a salamander today, and succeeded.

good deed of the day.