67 days til Boston… I think.

175, 10.3%, didn’t sleep well.

Had a sore stomach this morning that woke me up for a early trip to the bathroom.  I was planning to go to the gym early to knock out my workout before work, but that didn’t seem like a good idea with the sore stomach.

Had a busy day with people coming to the office.  Got to wear a suit and look like a pro!

Managed to hit the treadmill for this easy-ish tempo run.  3 sets of 8 minutes at a zone 3 effort.

I got my daily pushups and situps in to kick start the engine.

I got a full stretching routine before and after the workout.

The reps felt ok.

I’m cycling through my old Brooks Launch for these shorter tempo and speed workouts.  I find them more responsive than the Hoka Cliftons.  The Hokas are great for the longer stuff but are a bit clunky for the speed sessions.

I set the tempo pace at 8 minute miles flat, which is marathon race pace for me now.  That should be a low zone 3, high zone 2 effort for me. For some reason I find my heart rates don’t correlate as well on the treadmill.  I end up just ignoring the HR and running by ‘feel’ or effort.

At least on the treadmill you get some sense of pace.  I did the recovery reps at 9 min miles.  Was not a hard workout.

I had a green smoothie with me and sucked that down as I stretched after.

I listened to Lance Armstrong interview Ryan Hall on Lance’s podcast.  Ryan has a new book coming out that they are going to launch at the Boston Marathon. I ran with Ryan in New York when we were both ASICS athletes – obviously different types of sponsorship! Maybe I’ll see if he wants to come on my podcast.

Stomach feels better.  Knees are still sore.

Facebook served me up a great picture of Buddy and I from 2012 tonight.  We both have ice in our beards returning from a run!

No long run this weekend.  Going to a firearm safety class with Yvonne.  We are getting our FID cards.

Se you out there!