Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Back to "THE book" track run 12.15.09

Back to my "run less, run faster" workouts. I've decided to not omit any runs or shorten the 18 week plan. I picked a more challenging 5K time which will make my runs faster. This track run was a challenge.

10 min warm up at 9:30 pace
12 x 400 meter with 90 sec RI
I ran all the repeats at 7:25 pace with the 1st 6 RI's at 8:30
I couldn't keep up the fast recovery pace so I kept the repeats at 7:25 but slowed the RI to 9:30 for the last 6.
10 min cool down (I had to walk this)
Total miles just shy of 7.

With 2 more repeats to go I felt a wave of nausea come over me and a feeling that I couldn't go any further. I dug deep mentally & physically and pushed through it. I had to talk my shoulders down away from my ears and tell myself I could finish. I may decide to back down my goal pace. I based this work out on a 24 min 5K (my last plan I used the 26 min 5K). I'm going to run my tempo run this Thursday & then decide.

1 comment:

  1. wave of nausea? I would of puked for sure! You are one speedy mama.

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