It’s nights like tonight that prepare us as runners for any
and all conditions on race day. I only
have to look back to a couple of weeks ago when we were lining up for the Love
Run Half Marathon in cold, wet conditions.
The rains came down the entire time that we ran getting harder the
closer we got to the finish line.
Tonight’s workout wasn’t that horrific, but it did make for a
challenging run. Nights like this not
only prepare you physically for running against the elements, but mentally as
well.
On the way to the workout I turned to Allyson and I asked
her how many she thought would be at the workout (we have this conversation
many times throughout the season), Allyson’s reply, twelve. I looked at her as if she was nuts and I said
it will be closer to eight. Well,
Allyson was right (she’s always right…) we had twelve runners come out and run
against Mother Nature. It turned out to
not be as awful as the weather forecasters were claiming. The temperatures did drop, and it did rain on
us for the first ten minutes or so, and half the track was a wind tunnel, but
it looked worse than it really was. It
felt good to get out there tonight and get a good workout in.
Coming out tonight:
Allyson, Lauren, Brian, Tim, Neil, Bharminder, Christine,
Pearl, Barb (first track workout!), Rob, Greg, and myself.
Workout (feel free to bang this out tomorrow):
1 mile warm-up
Stretch
200 (400), 400 (400), 600 (400), 800 (400), 600 (400), 400
(400), 200 (400)
1 mile cool down
Nice job tonight! It
wasn’t easy to get out there and run, but you did.
Till we run into each other again…
Great job Speedsters!!;
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