Vitamins
You might home I’m writing about Supernova for a change, but nope, this is running. Again.
Lately I’ve been feeling pretty sluggish and not as fast. I think a couple things might account for it - chiefly the increased amount of time I’m spending with my butt parked in front of a computer now that I have regular work again and in parallel with that, my increased caffeine intake. I’ll try to tweak those variables to see what happens. But last week we ran our 10×800’s with 60 seconds rest workout again and while two weeks earlier I hit a 2:55 average (starting at ~3 and picking the pace up to increase the average), this time I hit a 2:57 average. That was a little disappointing but what was worse was 1) in the last lap, I wanted to let loose a kick on the final 200 but I felt like I had absolutely nothing to give and 2) going into the workout I thought I felt pretty good and was hoping to improve a little over the prior 2:55. The workout was pretty different because none of the people I did the previous set with were there and I only had Robby to do the workout with, and he was supposed to have strides and tempo so he probably shouldn’t have done the 800’s at all. Oh, and I weighed myself yesterday and I’ve put on 5 pounds, which probably hasn’t helped. My times are still as good as they’ve ever been, so once I get back in shape I should be really able to tear it up.
Anyway - I talked with the coach and he recommended some vitamins so I’m going to see how that goes. I’m now taking E, Iron, and some C (to help absorb the iron). I’m hoping this will all go pretty well because it’s really getting to be close to time for me to start training to hit the three big runs I want to do this year - a marathon distance training run in under 3:30 (some time around May), a sub-18 5K over the summer (which should be pretty easy), and qualifying for Boston in the fall (which should also be pretty easy). And I mean “easy” in the sense of “totally doable” - not “easy.” I’ll be sure to keep teh internets posted with my results!