Another Tuesday morning

I woke up this morning to my alarm at 4:44am thinking "God, I'm sick and tired of this...is it June yet? I have been getting up before 5 for 4 months now and I'm just sick of it..." blah blah blah. It's taking a toll on me mentally. But, I had some speed work on the program this morning - another 4x1mile workout. The annoying part is that I hadn't really seen too much improvement in the previous 2 times that I'd done a 4x1... UNTIL TODAY!

I'm super excited with the times I threw down today. Big improvements from a couple months ago, and I really didn't think I would be getting faster at this time of year, I thought I would just be maintaining speed and building endurance. Let's have a look at the numbers...

January 25 4x1 (1min rest)
5:40, 6:24, 6:17, 6:07
Not bad.

April 12 4x1 (1min rest)
6:09, 6:06, 6:05, 6:01
Better.

May 10 4x1 (1min rest)
6:08, 5:54, 5:53, 5:35!!
NICE!

Speedy Gonzales

Very happy with the run this morning. Getting anything in the 5:xx's puts a smile on my face. Getting 3 of the intervals there, all faster than the previous, AND that last 5:35 make me super happy! I hope the high intensity stuff on the bike is paying off equally as well, although it will be much harder to judge seeing as how I still don't know how fast I'm going...

I'll probably forego the speed work next week for a 'baby taper' into the Jerseyman half on the 22nd, but absolutely back to it come June. Maybe a 6x1 or 4x2 to beef up the mileage though. Full blown Ironman distance training starts May 24 for me.

In other news- I ordered a new pair of Asics Hyperspeed 4's. They are $55 at runningwarehouse.com, and if you are an active.com member you save 15% on top of that plus free shipping. Find me another shoe that I can get for less than $50, AND that is worn by pros like Macca and Ryan Hall. It's the best deal out there - period (I am in no way endorsed by or related to Asics - but if there are any Asics reps reading this, please send me some free stuff!). Also taking my bike to get a tune up this week. I can't take much more of the squeaking. Maybe they can fix my little cyclocomputer too - fingers crossed.

Happy training.
Do great work.