Training Log Archive: levitin

Neck muscles less stiff, headache gone, but not my nose is running like a faucet.

My running gang was out racing in Amherst and Hyannis. I slept in. Didn't get a long run in today.

My neck is stiff, I think from yesterday's asphalt impact. Sore muscles in the neck, quite similar to swollen glands (which could also be the case, given the family's health).

We'll see how this resolves.

On the Assabet River Rail Trail from Rt 85 to the Marlboro end and back. Screw shoes would have been a better choice, as the trail was about 80% crunchy old snow and about 20% exposed asphalt, with the occasional patch of clear, thin ice where the snow has melted and refrozen. On the outbound, it was slightly uphill with the wind at my back. On the return, it was slightly downhill with high wind in my face. I bobbled a couple of times on the ice, and then slipped once, landing on my L elbow and my head. Ouch.

I noticed a sign near Boston Scientific for a new trail around their property called the Sheep Falls Brook trail. I will have to explore there some time.

Speed work. 4M @ 10K pace with 1:52 rest interval in between.

.5M w/u (146)
Mile 1: 7:30 @ 157 (recovery 135)
Mile 2: 7:29 @ 159 (recovery 139)
Mile 3: 7:29 @ 160 (recovery 144)
Mile 4: 7:30 @ 162 (recovery 143)
.5M c/d (143)

The workout called for 6 reps, but I ran out of time. The pace was manageable but tough. 2-2 breathing, but deeply.

Biked on trainer while watching "Minority Report".