Week 2 – Day 5 – Aerobic day – Sunday
The cinder track was in excellent shape today as I set out to do some Elegant Eights. My legs were a little heavy getting started as a result of what I considered a pretty demanding workout yesterday. The goal was just to cover about 4 miles at a moderate pace today. Progressive miles entered my mind. I quickly backed off that idea as I began my 1st effort and settled for a comfortable 800 meter instead. It felt slow but ended up being a 5:15. I was pleasantly surprised at that. I quickly set a goal of 6 times 800 meters at that pace. I was once again pleasantly surprised as each repeat seemed much more comfortable and quicker;
5:15, 5:08 5 04, 4:52, 4:45, 4:56. With a warm up that constituted a positive, 4 mile, aerobic day.

I set out again today with no idea of where I was going to do the workout. I was bundled with four
No layers everywhere. And still the cold was Cutting. It was another dark, dank, drizzly, damp, 40° day. It was bound to be muddy everywhere. So, I decided to take a chance on the high school 400 meter track at Jackson Liberty. I drove this 7 miles to the school and i onmmediately realized that the gates were locked for Reasons that I can never understand. But I decided to jog the perimeter in case 1 of the gates was left open by mistake. And I found one on the far field. I had to walk and jog through about 100 yd of mushy muddy field to get to the rubberized track, but it was worth it. I wasn’t suretp if I could actually do a workout in this miserable weather. But I started moving and did a typical warm up. Then I just decided to be a badass and start my 8 x 400 meter interval workout that I had planned. After removing half of my layers, I seLt out with the goal to run as close to 2:15 as possible taking off each time at the 4 minute mark. I had no idea if this workout was actually possible under the conditions. But, because I am a badass, I banged out all 8 under 2:10. The total time was 32 minutes lus half mile cool down. I arrived home cold and wet and totally pumped up.!!