Prairie fire training short runs: week four

H. O. T.

It was hotter then a baker’s oven in Denver this week. Geesh. We love hot weather, but only when we are lounging next to the swimming pool sipping a Jack and Ginger, otherwise Mr. Heat and we aren’t a favorite of friends. So week four of training is all about transitioning into morning runs. And folks, we are by no means wining that race. On with the show… MONDAY: Me: Rest Mr. B: Rest TUESDAY: Me: 3 miles. Our alarm went off at 5am. Barf. We don’t mind getting up early, but damn, 5am is early in our world. 6am We can handle, but anything before that and we want to stab myself in the jaw. This run was speedy. We were out the door by 5:45am and the sun was already cooking. Mr. B and we ran to Invesco Field which is a great loop, flat and shady. Even though we were half asleep while we were running, we did mange to run 9:30‘s and under the whole way. We feel as though our speed is starting to improve which is great because we are starting to get into the running groove. Mr. B: 3 miles.

WEDNESDAY: Me: Rest. Mr. B: Rest THURSDAY: Me: Rest Mr. B: Rest FRIDAY: Me: 6 miles. This run was a little shaky. Since we took a breather on Wednesday and Thursday our legs felt tight. We had to stop at mile 1.5 to stretch because our hamstring’s were cramping. This was another early morning run, but we felt rested after the two days off so getting up wasn’t that bad. The only thing we that sucked was that we had a zillion things to do because we were leaving town, and our mind was somewhere else the entire time. Mr. B: 6 miles

REFLECTION:
Me: Even though we didn’t rack in the miles this week due to sheer exhaustion, we surprisingly don’t have a ton of anxiety for our long run this weekend. Probably because doing long distance has now become a “been there done that” sort of thing. Of course we say that and watch, we will die because we will be running at 9,000 feet.