MattKeutzer

Sat, May 19, 2012

Sat, 19 May 2012 06:00:00

I got up early to meet Billy and Scott (in town from London) for a run. We were going to meet on Grant's Trail at 6:30 so I decided to make the run from my house. Ran the 3.23 miles there in 29:36 and felt pretty good. Pace was 9:23, 9:31, 8:26 and the last quarter was 9:54 although I am not certain I stopped my watch. After meeting up with them we ran another 4.5 miles in 9:26 average pace. Splits were: 9:11, 9:20, 9:31, 9:38, and the last half 9:34. I got a ride back home from Scott and stretched a little as he caught up/ played with the kids. I feel really good and Scott wants to run again Monday morning. We'll see how this running thing goes, crazier things have happened.

Tue, May 15, 2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00

2nd week of speed training. We ran 5 x 800's tonight. My last and fastest time was 3:19 and my goal was 3:30. All the previous 800s were below 3:25. I have been consistent with my P90X 6 to 7 days a week.

Tue, May 08, 2012

Tue, 08 May 2012 06:00:00

Did speed work tonight. 10 x 800 meter @ 10k race pace. I had not run a single mile since April 15th. I have also been reading a lot about "post marathon syndrome" and I feel like I have been in a huge funk (ie. no motivation to run, lethargic, laying around, slight depression mostly caused by Blues losing to the f&$^#) Kings). Jeff told me I probably should skip tonight but I am glad I didn't. I think this is exactly what I needed to get me out of this funk. Running with a group is awesome!!!! Liz and I ran in the 7:45 group and a few colleagues ran with the 7:00 group. It was not comforting to see the agony they were in as we waited to start but I gotta say I feel really good. Maybe the month (plus) off was good for me???

I beat 1:42 every time and my last rep was 1:22