Hello friends! Happy Global Running Day! I hope that you all celebrated in some form today. I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than with the traditional #WorkoutWednesday and a bonus celebratory easy run with some of my favorite running friends!
Check out some of these fun Run Happy facts from Brooks (the running company, not our dog) …
97% of runners believe that running makes their day better?! That’s pretty awesome.
I learned in the RRCA coaching course that a hill workout can replace a speed workout, but a speed workout can’t replace a hill workout. Hill workouts are great multi-purpose workouts. They can help improve strength, stride power and running economy. My coach wrote a very informative blog post last week about hill repeats. You can read it –> here. I had a sneaking suspicion that I might see this workout pop up on my training plan sometime soon and I was right.
Another thing that I learned in the RRCA class was that you should ask your runner was his or her least favorite workout is … and then make them do that. Sounds kind of cruel I know. If I ask myself that question though, the answer would most definitely be hills. I’m really not a big fan of hills. We have never really gotten along very well. I guess it is time to change that.
The workout today was 12 X 400 meter (quarter mile) hill repeats. You run fast up the hill (my target pace was 6:30 (so 1:35-1:40 per 400)) and then recover (jog slowly) down the hill. I knew that the workout would go better if I ran by feel than by a specific target pace, so I decided not to look at the pace at all during the workout.
I knew from coach’s post (and instructions on my training plan) that I could do this workout on the treadmill or I could find an actual hill outside and just run up and down it a bunch of times like a crazy person. The idea of doing this workout on the treadmill was really not appealing and we actually have several very good hills that would be perfect for this workout close by. Luckily Rebecca had a hill workout scheduled this week as well, so we decided to join forces and do our workouts together. Daniel joined us too! Misery does indeed love company.
My splits were 1:50, 1:48, 1:56, 1:58, 1:54, 1:54, 1:50, 1:49, 1:48, 1:52, 1:56, 1:55. This was slower than my target pace, but I am still super happy with how the workout went and how I felt during the run. I haven’t done hill repeats since I trained for Boston in 2012. I think I did them once during that training cycle and that did me in. I never wanted to see another hill repeat and yet here I am today, feeling happy after my hill repeat workout! I guess I’ve matured as a runner? Or perhaps I’ve gotten crazier? Let’s go with option A.
As a further continuation of the global running day celebration, Lizzie and Jill planned an evening run from Running Wild. We printed out our Brooks bibs and headed out for a nice, easy evening run.
Lots of fun running went down today! It was the perfect global running day celebration!
See ya later!
Great to see that you tackled those hills! I am a hill convert myself, never used to like them but have grown to. Looks like a great group of runners you have with you!
Great to see that you tackled those hills! I am a hill convert myself, never used to like them but have grown to. Looks like a great group of runners you have with you!
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Hey Sam!
I don’t want to take up too much of your time, so I’ll make this brief.
I’m e-mailing on behalf of Enertor, a new company launching a new product that we’d love for you to try.
We’re identifying some sites we’d love to send a pair of our new performance insoles and yours stuck out to us as one we’d love to work with. We really believe you and your audience would be interested in Enertor and were hoping you’d want to experience our technology for yourself. Just tell us your size and we’ll take it from there and handle the hassle.
If you like your experience, we’d love to give some away to your readers as well.
Enertor has a performance insole that can be inserted into any shoe and just hit the market late last month. We’re creating a brand-new category in the market for athletic products and hoping you wanted a first look.
The insole uses patented D3O technology that offers outstanding comfort, superior support and greater performance with its ability to provide higher energy rebound than factory insoles. It can also be a major aid in injury protection and can significantly extend the life of your shoes.
It even caught Usain Bolt’s attention. The fastest man on earth signed up to become part of the company as an endorser who recommends the insoles.
Our D3O technology that makes up the insole is a special substance that’s putty soft when you’re not moving, but hardens as you put more pressure on it and produces a higher energy return. We’ve got a cool kit with the D3O putty we can send you to play with if you get interested.
The result is comfort and better performance when you’re running that should allow you to, as we like to say, break your limits. Even though Bolt is our most high-profile user, these products are really for any activity, not just world-class athletes. It can help anyone.
We’d love to have you write about it after you get a chance to try it out yourself. We’ve got some other great ideas, but let’s start there.
There’s plenty of more information on our website, and you can contact me if our website leaves you without answers to any questions you might have.
So like I said, all you need to do is pass along your size and we could send along a pair of insoles for you to try.
Is that something you’d be interested in doing? Just e-mail me back and we can get started.