the need for speed
First of all, to all you billions of runners who are faster than me, the title of today’s post is relative to ME only! In other words, the following “speed” workout is speedy for ME! OK? OK. Onward then…
I had a pretty good workout on the “peace mile” at lunch today. I warmed up for about ten minutes?and then knocked off three one mile intervals?with 5.5 minutes of light jogging after each. The intervals paced as follows:
Mile One – 6:45
Mile Two – 6:40
Mile Three – 6:55
Miles one and three had a gradual uphill climb?so I’m pretty happy with the times. For the last mile, I concentrated on quick feet and a short stride. I expected I’d finish that mile much slower because the altered stride made it seem MUCH easier. Losing only 10 seconds, especially with it being the last (uphill) interval, made me happy with how it turned out.
It would have been tough to do a fourth interval today (that’s for next week). I didn’t have?very?much in the tank and am still feeling a bit dehydrated from the weekend.?Even so, I think today was a?decent start back to?training. Now I just gotta build some momentum and not get injured for the next seven weeks. That sound you just heard was me knockin’ on my wooden head!
On another subject, I found out some good news about the marathon. First, they are going to have staggered starts for the 8km race, 1/2 marathon and full-marathon. They start 30 minutes apart with the marathoners heading out last. Second,?the marathon starts at 9:00 so my “I don’t like running in the morning” body will have extra time to wake up on race day.
YAHOO!
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That disclaimer was a joke right? If I ran that fast, I’d have a heart attack on the spot. And I think a lot of people would be right there with me. Wait to go, Mark!