Yasso 800s - A fresh start

I am looking for a fall marathon to run and with approx 18 weeks to go next week is week #1 of marathon training. Today was a great speed workout on the track with my brother-in-law, Mitch (it was his idea to incorporate into training). I plan to run Yasso 800s up to the marathon. Hopefully this will help me set a new marathon PR.

Today's workout @ 6:30pm

Track workout: Yasso 800s

Warmup: 4:35
800m #1: 3:33
Rest #1: 3:17
800m #2: 3:37
Rest #2: 3:27
800m #3: 3:29
Rest #3: 2:19
800m#4: 3:28
Rest #4: 3:13
800m #5: 3:25
Cooldown: 4:46

Rochester Chase Corporate Challenge

It was raining heavily during the race but it was still a ton of fun. Tonight's 3.5 mile race at RIT was my best Corporate Challenge race time to date. I finished the race in 24:49 (7:05 pace). Had a great time hanging out and enjoying the time with my friends at Martino Flynn and Mirror Show Management.

Year To Date

Numbers really do tell a story. I love baseball and enjoy reviewing the statistics of players I would like to draft in my fantasy league. I also keep a very detailed running log online to track every mile I run each year. So far 2009 has not been a great running year due to a nagging injury that does not want to go away. I am still very happy to get out and run a 4 miler but I do miss going for a really long run.

So here is what my 2009 log looks like to date:

Running Summary
Runs: 19
Avg. Time: 00:31:30
Total Time: 09:58:41
Avg. Speed: 6.6 MPH
Avg. Mi Pace: 9:01
Avg. Dist.: 3.5 Mi
Total Dist.: 66.3 Mi
Avg. Cal. Burned: 503.9
Total Cal. Burned: 9575

I won't be at 900 miles by the end of December which is what I had hoped back in December but I am still happy I can get out and run a few miles a few times each week. I know my leg will get better but for now I will DEAL with it.

Happy (and injury free) Running,

Matt

Checking in

I am slowly getting back into running more miles. I am looking forward to a nice 4 mile run tomorrow.