Week 2 mile project

 First off - I finished up week 1 which included 8x200s (which are just fun) followed by a 14 mile 'easy' jog down to the Charles and back.  Both were great days to be running - nice fall-like weather.  I managed to keep the 200s at mile pace. 

This last week I did a really difficult 2 mile tempo around the Charles in Watertown.  Managed a 13:31 - which is in between my 13:04 best and 13:56 worst from last spring.  I do this workout again in a few weeks - and it is a great indicator of where I am at for speed.  The next day I did a fun 7.3 mile jaunt around Cambridge - including bits of Fresh Pond and Danehy Park.  The next day I did just 4 miles down to the track and included 2x100s and a 200 for fun (18, 17 and 41 seconds).  Friday was off. 

I rounded out the week with 6x300s at the track.  I managed to do each in under 1:06 - which was my goal - and most were a few seconds under that.  I love the 300s because - as slow as I am - the 1:06 is easy math to do in my head and figure out if I'm hitting the times.  I followed that up with a 2x3M tempo/strength run yesterday.  I do this in place of an 'easy' long run - cut down the miles but add in some MP miles.  Usually MP is pretty easy to hit - but it was super humid yesterday - and I was happy to not float over 7:40s and manage an average of 7:3.

More humid weather to start this week - but I only have 3 easyish days ahead (6x60 second hills tomorrow and 2 easy 4 mile runs).  Next weekend will be a bit cooler - but the runs get a little harder (6x400s at mile pace, followed by 14-16 miles easy on Sunday).  This will be week 3 of the 8-week plan.