Never ran in Santa Cruz

Tuesday: The return of Danny. We ran 60 minutes together. I was happy to run slowly. Drizzle. No wind. Quiet morning at the college. Good recovery run.

Thursday: 70 minutes with Tom. Supposed to rain, but it never really did. Cool and drizzle. Coffee afterwards.

Drove over to Santa Cruz that afternoon.

Saturday: We had to head home from Santa Cruz because the thermostat went on the blitz yesterday afternoon and unfortunately it was pretty cold in the house. I hadn't run today so I decided to go out and do my local 3.5 mile course at 68-70% of Max. A few months ago I ran it in just over 34 minutes at the same heart rate. It's kinda rolling with a nice hill coming back towards the end. So two and half miles slight rolling and flat and one mile of down or up hill.

Today I ran it in 30:11 or a 8:37 pace. 

Look! I don't train at a 8:37 pace. At least not in recently memory and certainly not at 70%. The course has been GPS measured so it could be short. I guess the fact that it 12% faster than two months ago is significant enough. 

I was going to add in another easy calorie burning mile afterwards but then I thought. You've had a great run. Stop now!

Sunday: Very easy 70 minute run with walk breaks every ten minutes. Lucy joined me for the first 25 minutes. Cool (low 30's) windless conditions. 

I think I'm a miler

Tuesday and Thursday: 70 minutes both days running off Tom's shoulder. Both days were clear and cold.

Saturday: easy 35 minute run. Drizzle.

Sunday: 60 minutes of easy running with some strides at the end. Then ran 3 x .33 mile at 2:12-07-07. Half tennis court loop (.33) walk jog in between.

RAIN!!!!

Tuesday: Tom and I ran 70 minutes slow (Hey, I'm recovering here). We GPS measured Sunday's AT run course. Looks like 2.3 is too far. Closer to 2.21.

Thursday: Tom was headed back east. Danny was sick so I ran 65 minutes at 130-140 heart rate. Felt good throughout.

Saturday: 30 minutes job including warm down loop with the serious runners.

Sunday: rain and wind!!!☔️☔️ Dimitri and I ran 70 minutes around the gym buildings at WVC. The overhangs kept us dry. Got wet going back to the car, so no avoiding it.

Tempo flies

Tuesday and Thursday: 70 minutes each day. Clear and cold on Tuesday. Windy and warmer on Thursday. Rain was coming Thursday in. but we avoided getting wet.

Saturday: 35 minutes jogging. Ran and talked with Brian.

Sunday: Ran a 7:48 pace for a 2.3 mile tempo effort. 17:55!

It was a 85-90% heart rate run. Got off fast and tried to work my heart rate up into range quickly and then hold it. The first 3/4ths of a mile was rolling and hilly and the last half mile was gradual uphill. Gradual downhill or flat in the middle.

35 minute easy warmup before and a ten minute easy warm down.