Workout Wednesday

Today I had a great chance to join a group of locals (J, Hell, A-P, Jo, and M) and assess my current shape with them. That's the nice part. The rest was solely pain and agony. Without any comparison to these fast guys, I had a decent reality check.

I ran 4 times the famous Karikko loop (hilly and muddy) with 2 min. jog rest. Each of them was an awful experience, but it's a start. I found an equivalent workout in my training log from Spring 2006. Four (!) years ago I ran the same loop in 4.21-4.15. Today I logged between 4.38 (5.36 pace) and 4.26 (5.20 pace). Other guys did five repeats and ran their last loop in 4.00. And still I'm happy.

Monthly mileage was again 250.