MId week, Sunglasses, Madison Park Rowdies

The mid week workouts have been posted. A lot are finishing up with track work for their October 7th workout, while the rest are on hills. You Seattle Marathon and half people have been chomping at the bit to get to them so now you’ve got it. I know we started a little later then the plan says but I’ll make sure you get your monies worth. For those of you on the track make sure to make the best of these workouts as they will really help improve your fitness for the your upcoming race. One benefit I’ve always found from doing shorter track work before a marathon is that with the increased turnover from the shorter intervals it makes my marathon race pace seem a lot slower, which makes it that much more comfortable and seem easier which is bonus any time.

For those of you running 400’s this week don’t worry about the times on using the workout tables. Since your emphasis has been on training for a longer and slower paced race you’ll find them hard to do so what I would suggest is to start at your 2-mile time trial pace, run four at that pace then the next four 2 seconds faster per 400 and the final 4 2 seconds faster than the last set. It might seem hard looking at it now but you’ll find that it shouldn’t be that hard. Remember you’re getting 90 seconds in between them. If you need I can explain it at the workout.

Tonight Michael Pruitt from Axley Eyewear will be out with some of his sunglasses. I know you’re saying it’s getting dark out so what the heck do you need sunglasses for, well over the last couple of years companies have been putting lenses with transitions lens (they lighten when it’s dark) in them as well as put colors that work well when it’s dark and I’ve become a big fan of them. I think they really make it easier to see when it’s dark. Another thing that is good about sunglasses this time of year especially for those of you running marathons in the next few weeks is that early in the morning when your races start the sun is very low on the horizon. Having run Portland the one thing I remember was that sun seemed to be in my eyes the whole way and have sunglasses really help me with that. If you see something you like tonight and don’t have the $ we can still make arraignments and they do offer a nice discount to group members.

We’ve been at Madison park for the last two Saturdays and as some of you get into the longer runs be careful as the pavement is pretty bumpy and irregular. The week before last 3 people fell and I’m sure more will down the road. So keep your eyes peeled and get those knees up. Also last week someone left me a note on my clip board while I was out running (yes I do run) complaining of being chased off the road a couple of weeks in a row by bunch of out of rowdy, out of control chuckit members (maybe they didn’t use those terms). Well I’m not sure how to handle this one as this has been the second complaint in the last couple of months. I guess just keep your eyes open and try to give others some space if you see them. Maybe they should join the group so that they can pillage and plunder with the rest of you.