Speed Work 2

So last night was my second week of speed work. I was supposed to do it Tuesday night, but life just got in the way. School has been crazy busy and unfortunately I attended the funeral for one of my student's dad who passed away suddenly last weekend. The weird and sad thing is that was the second time this month I attended the funeral of a student's dad. Argh...

Last night I did a 1/2 mile warmup, 1/2 mile of 30 seconds hard, 30 seconds jog, 1 1/2 miles of 45 second pickups, then 1/2 mile cooldown. I felt great the whole time and felt like I was really working hard. Mr. rt really said I needed to make sure I warmup a mile, so next week I'll do that and probably extend the workout by 1/2 mile or even 1, and do 45-1:00 pickups.

I'm not sure where I heard the work pickups for these types of workouts, but it works for me! Mr. rt and I took AC on a 2 mile run this afternoon because the weather here is about to get nuts! Hopefully the weather won't be too bad tomorrow - there are so many races going on.

I feel bad for the people who have trained hard for the Nashville marathon or even the Kentucky Derby minimarathon tomorrow - the weather is supposed to be super bad. I know what a let down it can be to work so hard for one race then have some crazy things like weather just throw you for a loop. Good luck to everyone running!

Happy running!