Seven and a Winner!

Key Words: Yasso, 90 degrees and loving it, Marshmallow Peep
Word Count: 371

I was expecting poor things of today's speed run. I had a mean bout of insomnia Monday night, and felt pretty weary as I was warming up at Lamar. The good thing was the temperature was a balmy 90 or so (I'll take it, 'twas around 100 last week), so I hoped my body would stop protesting somewhere along the way; off I went.

Surprisingly, to me at least, this was by far my best of the three Yasso sessions. My times were fast, though I wasn't going absolutely all out, and they didn't suffer through the repeats. The seven times were: 4:03, 4:05, 4:03, 4:01, 4:02, 4:03, 3:58. Officially, Chicago runners were to do 8 repeats this week, but I skipped seven last week in favor of the 1200x400. I certainly could have banged out another, but out of respect for the 18 miler this weekend, I stuck to my plan.

As far as my future and Yasso's, I'll probably do 10 repeats one of these days, but I don't see (weather permitting) it being hard to do 10 under my goal pace of 4:30. As I've said before, Yasso is a good workout, and it means you might be able to do your marathon in 4 hours and 30 minutes, but not that you will. I'm certain that before my second marathon, when I PR'd in the 5k the weekend before the run, I could have smoked out some nice Yasso times; I still only managed 4:39 in the marathon.

On a nutritional note, I tried more honey today, completely forgoing my normal Accelerade prior to the run. This is clearly the source of my speed :) I'm not that much of a believer, but it at least seems like something I should keep trying. Intense though .... very crunchy! I feel as if there's a violated bee somewhere simmering with anger as I eat her prized possession. Perhaps I should be on the lookout for insect retribution on my long runs.

Finally, thanks to Jon, I now know what my outfit will be in next year's centipede race.