PLS training (which I am in the middle of) lasts 12 weeks. It’s four days a week of intense training for one hour. We workout at 5 a.m. starting on Monday and go through Thursday. And then we have three days off. I normally run two of the days and throw a rest day in there for the third. My body is old and needs at least one day of rest. I’ll run a shorter run on Friday and then a long run on either Saturday or Sunday. Today I ran 4.5 miles — but I did something a little different. I drove and met some of my PLS friends and we ran on Highland Colony Parkway together.
Of course, if I am just running from home, I can sleep later. There is no drive at all — it’s just run and then run back home. But even though I still had to get up at 4:09, I enjoyed today immensely. I enjoyed seeing my linemates (Line 4 was well represented). I enjoyed having someone to talk to while I was running. And I enjoyed the competition to push me a little harder than I would normally run. I ran 4.5 miles in a little less than 45 minutes. That’s not a bad time for a training run.
One of the amazing things about the training program I am in is that no matter how good of shape I think I’m in, they find a way to push me to my limit and make me sore the next day. My legs are VERY tired from this weeks intense legapalooza.
We’ll see if I can wake up early enough to get in a good long run tomorrow. I want to beat the heat and humidity.