Workout #6

Today was workout #6.  The workout was as follows:  Warm up 2 miles,  Run 50 minutes of 5 minutes at marathon pace with 1 minute of easy running between.  Cool down with remaining mileage.

Here is how my workout went:

I parked at Sherman Beach.  I decided to run the dirt trail toward Castlewood for my warm up.  Then I would get back to the car and refill my water bottle then do the work out on the flat trail.

Warm up:
Mile 1 - I could turn around here to make my warm up exactly 2 miles but I am enjoying the trail so I decide to do a loop.
Mile 1.2 - lots of trees down since I ran this way.  The trail is rerouted and rough.  Concentrating on not falling.
Mile 1.4 - something stung the back of my ankle.  Ouch it hurt!
Mile 1.6 - Grass and weeds encroaching the trail.  I hope I don't get chiggers and ticks.
Mile 1.7 - It's hard to run on deep sand.
Mile 2 - Warm up should be done but I am not back at the car.  I will keep at warm up pace.
Mile 2.6 - Back to car.  Filled up water.  Took sock and shoe off and examined my ankle.  I was sure I would have a welt the size of a golf ball the way it stung.  There wasn't even a red mark.

Next I continued with the work out:
It said run 50 minutes at 5 minutes at marathon pace then 1 minute jog.  I wasn't sure if the 1 minute was included in the 50 minutes.  Should I run 10 repeats of 5 minutes to make 50 minutes of marathon pace running or include the 1 minute and do a total of 50 minutes which would be about 8 repeats.  What would my slug sister do?  She would run 10 repeats.  I decided to see how I felt.  I felt pretty good so I did the 10 repeats.  My 5 minute repeats were between 9:21 pace and 9:40 pace.

Reasons I liked this workout:
I felt pretty good running.  I proved to myself that I am not as slow as I think.

When I got home I did a Yoga for Runners Cool Down Routine that I found on YouTube.  Before the workout I did the exercises the Chiropractor gave me.

When I got home I realized that I didn't eat dinner.  It was almost 8.  I don't sleep well if I eat too late in the evening.  I had a glass of milk and and apple and called it dinner.