1000's

Because of my job and family obligations, I am pretty much constrained to being as efficient as possible with where and when I run.  I almost HAVE to run from my work.  Driving 20 minutes to somewhere else cuts into that precious little time I allocate for my training.  When that window is as narrow as 65-70 minutes, every second counts.  But seriously, of all the locations to be constrained to, what better place than Gold Camp Elementary?  Save Cheyenne Mountain High School, I can't think of a business in the city that's closer to such a robust set of trails, with Stratton Open Space in my backyard.  I gotta post some pics.
Stratton trails were in great shape after a dusting of snow from yesterday.  Tacky - good for riding.  Warmed up to the rez and knocked off 6 1000's @ 6:15 pace.  1:00 recovery.  I take data with a grain of salt.  Case in point:  my avg HR for these.  Was between 154-156 for all of 'em.  Well, my guess is that it took a good 60 sec to ramp my HR each time...otherwise, I'd be pretty stoked to hold 154's on 6:15's.  :)  My avg HR at Austin 13.1 was only 170 - as far as I can tell, many folks race that distance up closer to 180.  Good, bad, indifferent, but my heart beats like I'm hibernating.

Kids are getting ready for the lovely state-mandated CSAP tests next week.  I only started the test-specific prep this week.  Drew on plenty of training analogies.  We overemphasis writing plans now so that when it matters, it's no big deal.  Write 7 paragraph essays so a 5 paragraph essay on a test is nothing.  Do the work, see the results.  Practice your ass off, and view the race/test as your reward, your chance to show off the hard work.

Sure to be overplayed if it already hasn't been in some places, I love their sound anyway.