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Blown Away

April 23, 2012 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 45 Partly Cloudy/ Very Windy

Comments:
WU: Veale to NRV via Little Italy
2x2400 (first 800 @5k pace, last 1600@10k pace)
CD: Mile on field, back to Veale

Concerned for my foot, I went down to the training room this morning and talked to Chris. He gave me ultrasound and taped my foot and I will do that every day this week to help me as much as we can for Saturday. It hurt a lot walking around before I got it taped but the taping seemed to help.

This was sort of a frantic day between my foot and trying to get my paper revisions out the door so that we can be ready to submit it while I'm still around, so I came into today with a little than ideal mindset in some ways. Coach told Corey he's also running the 10k, so I guess I won't be alone for this last week after all.

I was worried somewhat about how my foot might feel running fast and it didn't. But it not hurting was the only thing stopping this workout from being an unmitigated disaster. I stayed with Corey or right behind him for the entire first interval, though we missed the times badly in the wind and it felt harder than it should. I was completely unable to get relaxed running this workout and I never really found my groove. I tanked on the second interval and Coach was somewhat concerned about me. At least part of my lapse was mental but it still didn't feel the greatest. I was really tight and perhaps a bit underdressed for the wind. My legs felt still and never really loosened. I actually did a couple striders on the indoor track afterward in the warmth to try and get myself a little looser.

I've made it this far into the season under my goal that I'm not going to do stupid crap and talk myself out of things. I fell short of that today and need to realized that while I may be leaving next week I am not gone yet and still have some work to do. It's not a matter of relaxing and coasting through the finish. I need to get myself together, forget this fiasco, and instead of second-guessing everything like I always do, have some faith in my training.

For once.

Distance Duration Pace Interval Type Shoes
7.5 Miles 0:00
2.0 Miles Warmup New Balance 480-Black
3.5 Miles Interval New Balance 480-Black
2.0 Miles Cooldown New Balance 480-Black