A few more weeks until my opener...

Well, I think it's pretty official that the outdoor season has begun.  There have been a number of meets held around the country, and world for that matter, where athletes are starting to drop some fast times.  And although I'm still a few weeks out from opening up (Apr. 26, Penn Relays), my skin is starting to itch again!  I'm ready to get things rolling!

I'm feeling very, very fit at this point in my training.  I'm definitely not race-ready, but I don't plan on really doing some hard, race-specific training for a few more weeks.  But my competitive juices are flowing as I see other athletes opening up their outdoor campaigns.  And being at our NJNYTC practices the past two weeks? Oh we're ready.

Last week was another tough one.  Gags hit us with some 800m repeats for some strength on Monday, a tempo plus hills on Wednesday, and some speed-endurance training on Friday.  It all hurt.  With Penn Relays coming up, I'm looking to continue pushing my training the next few weeks.  I don't want to start backing off because I'm not looking to run blazing fast times during this part of the season.  I'll be looking to shake the rust off during my first few races before I try to blow things open at Oxy.

Check out last week's training below...

March 24-30

Monday

Morning-

8x800 (2:20x2, 2:18x2, :16x2, :14x2)

Afternoon-

Weight Session

Total Mileage: 10

Tuesday

8 mile recovery run
Drills/Strides

Wednesday

Morning-
4 mile tempo (5:20, :20, :15, :10)
Afternoon-
6x150m hills
Total Mileage: 13.5

Thursday
Morning-

7 mile recovery run

Drills/Strides

Friday

Morning-
 1x600, 1x400, 3x300 (800m pace)
Total Mileage:9

Saturday
14 mile long run

Sunday

OFF

Total Weekly Mileage: 61 (6 days)

For questions, comments, or suggestions, feel free to post below or email me directly at mikeruttrunning@gmail.com!