I joined up with PM for some running today. PM is one of those people that have significant mental issues. In other words, he is training for the Ironman Triathlon. The only folks with greater problems are those nut cases who do ultras.
Anyway ...
PM had a pretty specific track workout he wanted to do. I knew I wanted to do some speed but not sure exactly what I wanted to do on the track, and decided that I zero in that when I saw the conditions of the track, determined how felt, scoped out the weather, justified the position of the stars, checked my blood pressure, and checked with the Dali Lama. I am glad I did. It was near 20, if that, when we got to the track and there were several sections blown in with snow and ice. And their was a nice wind from the north. All the while, we could see a cloud socking in Boulder (indicating snow) as we watched from MHS track. PM, nonetheless, attacked his repeats, most of them from lane seven.
Me? I did not want to have much to do with the nuttiness of the ice, snow, and wind and so I turned this into a pick up and fartlek run, jumping in with PM to "help" him through some of the repeats, but mostly focusing on pickups to get some good turn over. On whole, I ran for about 100 minutes, but I am guessing it was only about 11 miles.
It was good to run with somebody. PM and I chatted on PED's in endurance sports, masters (or old guy) training, multiphasic approaches, etc. PM - your dedication showed today, doing a track workout in that snot was tough! Keep up the good work and you will have your break out. |