The Grind of Training

Well I'm a few days removed from the Running Institute Mile and back into the grind of training.  I thought I may have been shutting myself down for the season after Sunday but me being me decided that I may extend it for another month. (The love of running right?!)

The past couple of days of training have been just recovery runs, nothing really special to talk about.  Today though I decided to do a longer threshold with a few old teammates who are in the thick of Summer training for Cross-Country at Michigan State University.   The plan was to do 5 miles starting at 5:20-5:25 and dropping down each mile until the end.  Going into the workout though I wasn't feeling too good and this type of thinking got the best of me.  First mile was right on 5:19, next mile we dropped down a little bit too much at 5:08 and now I could kind of feel my wheels falling off a little bit especially since the past month or so I have only done short repeats on the track in spikes.  Third mile was 5:25 and I ended up stopping at 4 miles hitting 5:28 my last one.  Days like today are where a person just needs to grind and get the work in without thinking about it too much.  Also, it didn't help the humidity was 90% and Michigan's first real hot day in a week or so.  But hey, I lived to fight another day and that's all I can ask for.

Crim Mile August 23rd

Another thing I learned on the way to the workout was that there is a 5k this weekend for $500 to the winner so of course I have to do it haha.  Bills need to get paid somehow because the part time job I have isn't really cutting it.  (Someone sponsor me please!! Haha)

But in the next coming weeks I plan on doing the Crim Mile August 23rd and now heading out to do the Grandma's Mile out in Duluth, Minnesota September 8th.

Bring Back the Mile!!

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Until next time my friends.

--Josh