Los Gatos Trail -- 10 miles running log
Saturday morning again, God knows why the time flies so fast when we are close to 40.
As usual, three of us got together for our routine training run. This
week, 10 miles easy run .
You might wondered, who decided how far we should run? In fact , there
is no such thing as training plan. The number is purely decided by the mood.
Easy pace is used to lure Kai to run with us the full course. Ever
since he got some soar knee, he just closed himself around 8 miles
distance for a long time. Of course, there is no pushing here .. After
all, it was our only healthy interest.
Maybe people were still in their spring break, it was really rare to
find a parking spot available in Campbell park, and today there were a
lot of them. One hand it was good for us to park closer, on the other
hand it seems quite lonely to run with such few people .
After some stretch, we headed into the trail as I leaded the pack.
Since I was the only one with the GPS watch, usually, it's me who controlled
the pace in the first half. I promised Kai that today would be a easy pace run,
therefore, I tried to make it around 9:10-9:20 speed in the beginning, with which
we could still chat. Some experts did suggest runner should do some pre-run stretch after
about first 1 mile jog, it's better to stretch a warm body than a cold one. And what's more important is the post-run stretch, which could prevent some muscle injury. Well, we knew about this, but reluctant to follow.
Hey guys, this was very "unprofessional" !!
Wanna do it next time ?
Around the 2 miles marker, my body started to feel warm, and the tight feeling on my legs was gone. I started to speed up a little bit but still keep an eye on Kai behind me and my watch. All of sudden, Yi was totally left behind for quite a distance. He might not have enough sleep last night, but I was not worry about him at all.
He must had fallen asleep with such a slow pace .ha ha ..
At the 5 miles marker, it was GU time, we all stopped, and refuel with GU gel . It was quite important to us, since we were all empty-stomach. GU gel was quite magical, you could feel it when it was taking effect.
We could run a 8:20-8:30 without gasping, or tiring legs. Plus, it was a little bit downhill on our way back, the gravity also helped to speed up.
I knew it, when we were close 8 miles, Yi started to speed up , and even more in the last mile.
7:19 min/mile on my watch, I tried to keep up with him, even though my legs didn't agree..
Kai arrived around 1 min later, saying, didn't you say "easy pace" for today ?
Ha ha, sorry Kai ...
Compare to last year, our pace did improved by about 1 minute in average. We
used to run 9:50 min/mile , now it was about 8:45 during the first 2
miles warm up, and we could maintain about 8:20 to 8:30 cruise speed.
Push hard on the last 2 miles with 7:30 - 7:40
Now workout was over, it's breakfast time !! We went to try the new Subway breakfast this week
and you know what, it was pretty good and cheap!! Ever since McDonald won big in the breakfast war,
now, everyone jumped in to share the market. Burger King , Starbucks, and Subway...
To tell the truth, it was not something special at all, all they did was to put an egg into their subway sandwich
or you have a choice to change the bread to English Muffin.
This weekend, we'll shift the paved road to kick some dirt in San Antonio Ranch. There is a trail from San Antonio Ranch to Black Mountain. It should be fun. Stay tuned for the running report.
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