Steve Morrin

My first long run for the week since the state championships last Wednesday. It felt good to run long for the first time in a while. It was fairly hilly at first, running on Pipeline, but dropped the pace once I hit Bridal Veil and second to last mile was in 5:04 with most of it under 5:00/mile pace.

Nice easy 6 miles after the tough mile repeat workout that I did yesterday. I was without my Garmin today because it was DEAD, so I do not know my total time or pace. Generally, I am more relaxed when I have no watch, but the cold weather was a little bit unnerving, so I must've been running faster than I thought because I hurt pretty bad by mile 2. I had good form running up the hill by AF Canyon. That was the focus of my run today, pumping my arms up the hills, so I felt like it was a success.

Today was the dreaded workout of the week: mile repeats. It was very very windy outside, so if I wanted to run fast, it would have to be inside. I chose the treadmill over the AF Rec Center, because watching Forever Strong inside my own home while I ran seemed more appealling than a crowded 12 lap per mile track. After warming up, I did 4 x 1 mile repeats at 5:00 each (the fastest my treadmill could go), with a half mile recovery in between (about 4:00). It hurt since it was my first speed workout since state, but I felt good knowing that I hadn't lost really any fitness after state.