Friday, 12/28/07.

Workout @ Reggie Lewis Center

Warm up: 23 min.
Workout: 4 x Mile with 75 sec rest @ 5:20
(5:20, 5:21, 5:18, 5:19)
Cool down: 23 min

Total Mileage ~ 10 Miles.

Yesterday I run my very first workout of the season. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do a workout or just run like I did on Wednesday nigth. I was expecting to do some 200s like the majority of the team did for the first workout indoors but intead I was asked to do mile repeats at 5:20. I decided that I was going to warm up and see how my knee was feeling. I did the warm up inside. Run for 23 min. and felt pretty good. I did my usual strides and put on my flats and run a few more strikes in the track. I was a bit concern because I didnt knew if my knee was going to be able to handle the change in pace. I finally decided to give the workout a try, I knew I could stop at any time if my knee hurt. To my surprise I was able to finish with the workout with no aches. Pacing wise the workout was perfect and a felt happy with my knee. Time wise, it wasn't so good since last year at the beginning of the season i was running mile repeats at 5:10 pace. I am sure I could had gone a bit faster but I needed to be careful and take it easy. I guess it was a good start and not so bad considering I was out for over a month. Overall I am happy with how the workout went and how I felt while I was running it. Now I know for sure that I am finally getting over my injury. It just another step in long journey towards getting back to were I was.