I think all runners have this thought/fear at some point or another. I had it last night, laying in bed. I had done a good tempo run earlier in the day:2 WU, 8×5 minutes at tempo (6:10 pace), 30 secs rest, 3 CD. I was pretty happy with the workout. I can tell I’m starting…
Where do I even begin? This’ll be a long post… reader beware. I left work after a 1/2 day on Monday to hop on a plane to Utah for work. Arrived around 8 or 9pm and worked until 11 (it’s budgeting season at work… which means that every minute I can be working, I should)…
The other day I took a look through my logs. I feel like I’ve been “back” for a while now, but taking a look at what I’ve done– I really haven’t!! To recap:I began running mid May. Between then and the end of the month, I averaged 6 miles/week. Beginning of June started with a…
Wow, Wednesday’s workout was a good one (and by good, I mean tough). 4×1 mile at tempo, 1 min rest (6:12, 6:11, 6:10, 6:09)5 minute rest3×1 mile at tempo (all at 6:07) I survived! It wasn’t as easy as last week’s tempo run. Probably because it had a total of 12 more minutes at the…
Did I count that right? WOW. That’s pretty scary! Last week went really well. I had a breakthrough tempo run on Tuesday and survived a 10k race on Saturday (my slowest ever, but who’s keeping track? :). Sunday’s long run was 18, and that went great. Legs were pretty sore afterwards — I have a…
Gotta love those little breakthroughs. Last night was one of them. Workout was 6×5 minutes at tempo (which by the VDOT recommendations, is 6:05 to 6:15). Because the last time I did it I was dying after just doing 3 or 4 reps, I thought I’d really die… But it went GREAT! First two in…