I missed my indoor workout two weeks ago as I had a cold coming on. I actually took 4 days off due to illness. Then that Friday, Justin and I drove to Whistler for a long weekend. We xc skied that afternoon and then snowboarded the next two days. The snow was amazing and we had a blast. We were also quite sore after all that. We drove home Monday afternoon and I missed another track workout.
I got back on to my workout routine on Tuesday and finished my week with my scheduled bikes and swims and a solid brick workout Saturday and a long run on Sunday (yesterday). On Saturday, the run portion of my brick took me by the athletic fields and stadiums near UW and I saw runners warming up and realized there was an indoor track meet. I raced over to the complex and got to see the end of the men's mile (top 3 broke 4 minutes) and then the 3000m races which were equally impressive with 4+ runners breaking 8 minutes. It also showed what a small world the running community becomes as I got to see the Cal Irvine coach who I've known since 1990 and two guys I competed against in college who are both coaching now: Robert Gary ran for Ohio State (now head coach) and was an Olympian in the steeplechase and Louie Quintana who ran for Villanova and is now coaching at Arizona State. So an all-around fun day-- seeing old friends/competitors and once again being inspired by great performances.
Tonight I finally got back to an indoor workout for me and ran 400, 400, 800, 400, 400, 800, 400, 400. It was a solid workout and I'll probably be quite sore in the morning, but that's ok. I love track.
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