Running Log, week of July 2:

Tuesday July 3, Runners Forum Twilight 5K Race Series at Noblesville X-country course...

The race started at around 6:30 PM and took place at one of the the areas best cross country courses. The temps were very warm and the day was humid. About 115 runners lined-up for the start. Many were high school cross country runners others were parents of or former CC runners themselves. The rest of us were born again runners who discovered running later in life. I ran a time of 26 minutes and some change. Only slightly faster than the 5K I completed a couple of weeks ago.

Friday, July 6, Track workout...

The schedule called for 4X1000 on the track at 5K pace. I left at about 9:00 AM ( I was off work for the day) and the temps was already reaching 90. We were scheduled to leave for Fort Wayne for a wedding (more to come in the next post) so I had to cut the workout a little short.

1 mile warmup on the way to the track
1000 at 4:29
1000 at 4:35
400 at 88 seconds
7 minute cool down
and a final interval ran hard for 1:48

These hard workouts feel great and I expect to see a nice improvement over time.

Sunday, July 8, need to run at least 5 miles today or tomorrow.