This week I am just trying to keep things on track. The mileage goal is still the same; keep it over 50. I am excited about the prospect of being on the track for intervals this week. When we started this interval phase we figured we would do two weeks on the hills and then check our progress on the track. I, as anyone who has ever run with me know, a huge fan of the track.
Sun- easy 13 (1:37:30)
This one felt way better than expected after yesterdays 10k. The great weather didn't hurt.
Mon- easy 7.2 (53:03)
Meant to go 5, but got flagged by Mr. VandeWater and asked to help with a home meet tomorrow so I decided to go a little longer not know if I would get a run in.
Tues- off
Wed- 2up, 4x1200m with 800rec jog, 1 down
This was just what I needed after last weekend. With the hill repeats of the last couple weeks we only had a rough idea of our target pace. I was shooting for around 4-4:05 with Ike about 3-5 sec faster. Once we got going they were tough, but not the struggle to hold on I remember. I managed to hit the times, feel smooth, and have my HR exactly where it was supposed to be. I also wanted to get a 4th one this week, which despite being a little harder, was still in control and ended up being my fastest.
1200s: 4:05, 4:02, 4:03, 4:00
Thurs-easy 7 (52:26)
This one sucked. It was dark, rainy, and my legs did not want to go. I struggled the whole run to get my HR up and the pace down.
Fri-easy 7(52:32)
This one was better in the respect that I didn't struggle to get my HR up and my legs weren't so heavy. It still felt slow. Hurray for two day lag...
Sat- 2 up, 8, 4, 4,8, 4, 4, 8 with 400jog/full rec, 2 down
We were NOT excited about this one. I woke up to a downpour and 48 degrees. I kept pondering my wisdom of a 7:30 repeat session. As I was pondering however a thought occurred to me, "I could be running a marathon this morning", and all negative thoughts disappeared. Ike showed up and we managed to at least find a window in the rain to start the warm up. After strides it went back and forth between sprinkles and a steady rain for the rest of the workout. The silver lining was that the wind didn't hit 20+ mph until after we were done.
splits :2:35, 76, 75, 2:33, 76, 74, 2:31
Weekly Recap...
I hit 51 on 6 days which I am happy with. I also got two quality sessions in with some longer repeats on Saturday. With the faster pace of a 5k in December I wanted the 800s to see how longer/faster was going to feel and so far I am satisfied with the result. I also wanted to say my hat is off to Folsom in his first marathon. I would also like to add that in light of his description, I will stick to my 10ks...
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