As I type this on the back porch of my house, there is a raging thunderstorm going on all around me. The storm is quite similar to the one we encountered nearly 12 hours ago, during our morning practice at the Vanderbilt National Historic Site in Hyde Park.
Thankfully, the Vanderbilt workout did not have nearly as much lightning and thunder as I am experiencing as I type. However, it did rain hard. Really hard.
The workout we did is one that our team has not done in many, many years. We did a 2x3 mile tempo (the 3-mile loop is actually a bit shorter than that, but very close), with a brief, 4-minute recovery.
The tempo loop is an interesting mix of road and trail, up and down. The "up" toward the end is quite challenging.
Something amazing happened today: ALMOST EVERYONE LOVED THIS WORKOUT.
For me, it was sort of a "Back to the Future" moment, as Vanderbilt was a training venue that Phil and I used frequently back in the 1990s. For some reason, we stopped going there on a regular basis about a decade ago. The 1-mile river trail was a regular interval venue, but after a few turned ankles, we decided to venture to safer footing for workouts. The trail is in much better shape these days.
Anyway, most of the guys left today's workout satisfied and hungering for a return trip to Vanderbilt to do it again. And that's pretty neat.
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