Tempo run at "the Dr office"

It is amazing how far we have come this season. Yesterday we did another Tempo run and we are finaly starting to look smooth and under control during these efforts. Our paces seem to be evening out quite a bit as well. It will be nice as the program grows and we have people who have been here for 2, 3, 4 years who can teach the new athletes how the workouts are supposed to go.


start of tempo run on Maxwell

Yesterday we divided the group into two. First group was 20 min tempo group two was 35 min Marathon pace. Both groups looked good. I am excited to see what we can do this weekend at Southwestern.

Marathon Pace workout

number 4-5 with coach Jilka on the way out.

On Tuesday we hit up the dirt roads for a marathon pace workouts. It has been great to see the progression of the athletes from week to week. We went further than we ever had for this run and looked controlled doing it. I am continually excited to see the progression and just thinking about what the future will bring for us.


Top 3 on way back

We are very fortunate to have these dirt roads within 1.5 miles of our track. Its perfect warmup/cooldown distance for us. Each block is a mile and the crop fields and tree lines mark the half mile, so we are able to get splits. We do all of our long runs out on the dirt roads and any tempo work. It is great having a marked out area with soft surfaces.