Workout Thursday

I need to catch everyone up on all that has taken place over the past few days. One of my favorite workouts that I use to do at VCU was 600, 1 minute rest, followed by 200, lap jog x 4 sets. Around noon Enoch and myself were on our way to the CU track. It's only a 5 minute drive from where I was parked. I knew this workout was going to be a bitch but it had to be done. Once arriving at the track I took off for a warm up on the Boulder creek path. Warming up for 19 minutes, I returned to the track for drills and strides. While doing strides my legs felt a bit heavy... It's days like these that having a training partner would be nice. Anyhow, I was soon off for my first 600. Being conservative the first half of whatever distance your running is key at altitude. It's simply amazing how quickly I was reaching my maximal oxygen capacity. Coming through the quarter in 68-70 on the first (3) 600's, finishing in 1:44, 1:43, 1:43. I then jogged for a minute before hitting each of the first (3) 200's in 30. I was trying to relax as much as possible. That seemed to help with staying consistent and getting the most from today's workout. On the last set I hit 1:41 for the 600 and 29 for the 200. It's frustrating because I typically come through 600 meters in these times while doing 1000 meter intervals. I can't wait to workout at sea level next week! My legs are feeling strong, it just feels like someone is squeezing my chest half way through each repetition. Enoch took some great shots while I was working out. I didn't waste much time after completing the workout. I knew he was cold so I took off for a nice and easy 18 minutes. My cool downs are so slow that I'm surprised that everyone doesn't blow past me.

Last night in Boulder-

Soon after completing my workout we were back at the dorms packing everything up, heading back to Enoch's sisters for dinner. Before heading back we stopped by the bookstore. I picked up a few things to take back home. Once getting back a put a load of laundry in and took a nice hot shower. It was nice getting out of the dorms and spending one last night with Enoch and his family. Daisy cooked us a wonderful chicken parm dinner with all the fixings. As I was going to places the chicken on my plate, it knocked the pasta and sauce off my plate, covering the floor. I felt terrible but everyone just laughed as we cleaned it up. I did have two glasses of wine while waiting on dinner, but I assure you that had nothing to do with it. Being exhausted was probably a contributing factor. I was joking around with everyone, telling them that if I had done that in my house I would have been bitching myself out. Hahaha... If you really know me then you know what I'm talking about. After dinner we played apples to apples for a while. It was closing on midnight and all I wanted to do was sleep.

1-15-10

After dropping Enoch off at the airport it was time for a new adventure! I had nothing to do until 5pm, so I drove through the Rocky mountains, all the way to Vail. I took some decent pictures along the way, but I was hard to capture some of the amazing sites. Once arriving in Vail, which is a small ski town, I was out running on the bike path that runs from Breckenridge to Vail. To be honest I didn't feel like running, but I had to be done. It was very cold up there and the elevation was over 9000 feet. I was running slow, taking everything in along the way! A few things were bothering me so I only managed 7 miles for the day. I was parked in a garage that was free for up to an 1hr30min so I didn't have much time for messing around. It would have been one thing if it was a dollar or two, but $10 was a lot for 2hr parking. I quickly changed in the car then headed back to Denver. I will be staying with an old high school friend, Cameron until I leave on Monday. I'm very fortunate to have places to stay, and it's been fun catching up with friends along the way! Cameron lives just south of Denver. He has 4 roommates, all of which have Virginia ties. Once I arrives in Denver I was exhausted from all the driving today. I'm glad I got the chance to see so many amazing things, but it was taking it's toll on me. After a quick shower we grabbed some food and were out to watch his friends band play. We met up with a couple of his friends from work. They asked a tone of questions about why I was in Colorado and seemed interested in what I had to say. This has been an experience I'll never forget... If you have dreams, or things you've always wanted to do, I recommend doing it! You only live once and we all have complete control of our lives. I don't mean drop everything you've worked for and start over. Years down the road I want to look back and ask myself, did you make an honest attempt, did you achieve your goals? I may not achieve all the goals I've set for myself, but I'm going to put up a good fight along the way!