Monday, January 16, 2012

Mondays in Love: Track Practice!!!

Ok, sort of. I mean let's not get crazy here. But, I'm really excited about this.

Over the summer a new track was under construction about a mile from my house. On Saturday, I was planning to drive to my work to use the 3 lap/mile outdoor track (which maintenance assured me was clear of ice and snow). On my way I remembered the new, closer track and thought I would check it out. It's gorgeous! And if you look carefully, you can even see the Arch in the distance.


When I get back to training, I can run to the track as a warm-up, do my speed work here, and run home as a cool-down. How sweet is that?? For my last two marathon training cycles I've done my speed work in the park gauging the distance by Garmin (because really, a 3 lap/mile track is kind of a pain to do speed work on). So excited to be able to do it right next time around!

4 comments:

Marlene said...

That is one gorgeous track - something to look forward to for sure!

Raquelita said...

That is pretty sweet!

Black Knight said...

Beautiful track, it is very important for the repeats and the speedworks or the warm-up before the workouts.

Josie @ happycorredora.com said...

Thats exciting about the track! Bets place to do measured speed work :)