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That's how you win Cy Youngs baby

July 24, 2018 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
*SCENE: Johan Santana and Joe Nathan are in a car. Johan is driving, but Joe is getting fed up with Johan's driving style and wants to drive instead.*

Nathan: "Maybe I should drive"
Santana: "All you do is fast"
Nathan: "All you do is change speeds"
Santana: "Yo, that's how you win Cy Youngs baby"


Immediately after biking, I changed gear and shoes and went out door. The goal was to do a little bit of race simulation to help me get in the zone for my upcoming title shot. So this is what I did (race pace is for a 10k, but coming off a bike race...):

1 mile race pace (5:15)
1 mile easy (6:40)
2 miles race pace (5:30, 5:28)
1 mile easy (6:52)
2 miles race pace (5:27, 5:38)
2 miles easy (7:02, 6:53)

1st RP mile: Didn't look at my watch. Wanted to get out how I thought I would feel at the beginning of my race. I thought I accomplished that well.

2nd and 3rd RP miles: Kept things steady. Still visualized myself in the race.

4th and 5th RP miles: Confused as to why the last mile was so slow. I felt like I was pushing it. Oh well. I went fast for the first mile so I guess it balances out.

So what does Johan and Joe's convo have to do with anything? Well, you're only gonna get better if you do workouts where you're changing speeds, which is pretty much any interval workout without standing rest. That's what makes you good. And that's how you win Cy Youngs baby.

This also got me thinking.... Am I in any way related to Cy Young? Well, the answer is no. My great-great grandfather Jacob "The OG" Young was born is 1873. Cy Young was born 6 years earlier soooo nvm.


One thing about these back-to-back workouts after coming home from the office at 5:30pm is that I gotta figure out my feeding schedule better. I wasn't able to eat dinner until 7:50pm so I was pretty damn hungry by the end.