The Running Geek

Season Update

To say the very least I’ve been super lazy with updating things this season, although that doesn’t mean I haven’t been into training and racing. In fact I feel like I’m more into this summer then I was last.

So far this summer I’ve run one 5K, two 10K’s and just yesterday a 6 Miler (9.6 K).

My goal this season is to break 37 mins for the 10K, and while I still haven’t broken the 38 minute barrier I’m feeling it’s just around the corner at the next race.

I’ve been following the same workouts as last season with the 5 x 2k Intevals, 6 x 1K intervals, 6 x 600 M intervals as well as a long run and 5K paced run as quality sessions over a 3 week cycle.

Progress is coming, and I’m happy with the majority of the results I’ve had so far. I ran a new PB for the 10K about 6 weeks ago in 38:36 and hope to run close to or break 38 in my next 10K on the 21st of August.

Stuggling with Time

Something I’ve been struggling with this season is time. I tend to get fantatical about how much I’m training, times and progress. To a point where when I miss workouts and sessions I feel seriously guilt.

For instance this past week I raced on Monday but missed my first recovery session, missed my 60 minute run on Thursday and when I went to the track this morning to do my 5 x 2000 M it was closed.

This morning I’m feeling a bit down on myself and doing some negative self talk saying things like: “Geese how can you reach your racing goals if you don’t train”. I know there are a lot of runners that get down on themselves, and I have to keep reminding myself that I do this for fun. It’s a personal challenge, but I’m not heading to the Olympics anytime soon, nor or this a job. We gotta be able to cut ourselves some slack sometime right?

Anyways, that’s a short update to how things are going.

I’m going to reschedule my 2K session I missed this morning to tomorrow and then next week will look something like this:

Sunday – 5 x 2K w/ 90 Seconds Rest (target of 7:40 or less per repeat)
Monday – Off
Tuesday – Long Run of 90 Min
Wednesday – 30 Min Easy
Thursday – 10K Easy
Friday – 6 X 1000 M 2/ 60 Seconds Rest (target of 3:43 or less per repeat)
Saturday – Off

Then the next week will be leading up to a race so will be a bit of a jumbled workout compared to what I’ve done in past race weeks.

Sunday – 60 Min Easy (between 4:40 – 4:55 per K)
Monday – 30 Min Easy (between 4:40 – 4:55 per K)
Tuesday – Off
Wednesday – 6 x 600 M @ Track
Thursday – 40 Min Easy Run (between 4:40 – 4:55 per K)
Friday – 6 x 1 Min Fartlek @ Race Pace with 10 min Warm Up and 10 Min Cool Down
Saturday – Off

SUNDAY – RACE DAY

I’ll try to be flexible on this since being too stringent is what often causes me to feel like I’m letting myself down with training.

I’ll post updates for my workouts as I go through them.

Happy Running!