dang

Another killer Team Sakina workout. I had to run the word "killer" by Daran, who tutors me in slang terms. I wanted to make sure it meant "hard" as well as "great." (It does.) In this context, I want it to mean "hard."

Now that that's out of the way, here's what we did: met at Mason Farms Preserve. (I remember this place from when I was a kid. My parents were part of a community garden out there. You have to drive over a creek to get there. There is a road that actually runs through the creek. I remember, as a kid, being in the car and going over the creek and water coming into the car. That didn't happen this time.)

Anyway, there is a 1.8 mile loop out there. We ran 3 minutes at a "6" then 1 minute at a "9" and just kept that up for two loops. Part way through the second loop, however, I was pretty much just running a "6." Six was the new nine.

Then we ran an 8 minute cool down. Then, after that, strides! 4 sets of strides. So I'm saying 5 miles for the warmup run, 2 loops, cooldown run and strides. It was a relatively cool and less-muggy evening than one would expect for mid-July. That helped.