Training Log Archive: BorisGr

Running to and from the Forest Park track.

A 5km time trial on the track. A little warm, humid, somewhat windy, stomach somewhat full, but legs feeling pretty strong and rested after the day off yesterday. Tried to not start fast and run a consistent pace. Did ok, but started slowing down in the second half anyway. Exactly tied my pr set this winter. I wonder how different my time would be in an actual race....

83.0
83.3
85.5
86.1
85.8
86.6
87.4
87.2
87.7
88.3
87.0
86.7
39.9

5km - Splits

A mess of a run in Forest Park. Apparently (according to Greg, who called me from work while i was running to warn me about this) it was a really difficult day, weather-wise, with low oxygen content and lots of smog in the air (a big-city phenomenon, no doubt). Either way, it sounds like a good excuse for the way i felt today - legs seemed fine, not tired or anything, but i could barely keep up an 8 min/mile pace. I wanted to do an interval workout today, switched to a fartlek, and couldn't even finish that. Yuck. I hate days like this.

C • Where does the oxygen go? 6

Recovery run at Forest Park with Greg. Felt pretty dead. Two loops: 28:26, 26:22.

Fun middle distance training in Harriman. I was going to go to the sprints in PA, but unfotunately had to attend a funeral in the morning. I still had time to join the Goats for a run on Surebridge, so there we were. Greg and Sergei went for a trail run, but first set a nice ~2.8km, 12 controls, 125m climb course for me, which i ran three times (3rd time was picking up flags along the way.)
26:14
23:13
23:54
Felt better and better in terms of flow as the day went on, which is not surprising. Very nice course, lots of fun followed by an awesome barbecue by the lake. Great day!

C • 4

Running horse loops in Forest Park with a whole posse of goats: Sergei Z, Sergei R, Greg, Valeriy, and even Vlad.
Ran nice and slow, except for the last loop:
8:52
8:49
8:33
8:12
8:04
6:59

Running in Washington Heights, along the Hudson.