Summer Training Blog: Virginia Brown (Entry #4)

I drove with my family to Rhode Island; I didn't know the area very well and didn't have very much time to run, so when I got there I just did an easy five miles on the road. It was very hilly so I got a little bit of hill training in there.

I did a four mile fartlek run along the road in the morning and then did some swimming and hiking in the afternoon.

I went on a medium-paced eight mile run into the town near where we were staying and biked about four miles in the afternoon.

I did a five mile run along the road in the morning that was faster than most of my easy runs, but not tempo pace so it ended up being about eight minutes per mile.

I did a slower three mile run because I've been slowly building up my mileage since taking a two week break after nationals, so I like taking days to just go for short, relaxed runs.

I went for a six mile run along the road into town and then came back and did about an hour of swimming and hiking to cross train.

I did a four mile tempo run at about seven minute pace, which wasn't too hard for me but I kept the pace on the slower side because I'm still getting back into cross country mode and I don't want to overdo my training at the beginning of the season.