Today was the start of my now daily morning track workouts. I did the 6x400 at 5K pace, or at least that was the idea. It went something like this:
1:43 (Too fast, unsustainable)
1:57 (Still too fast)
2:15 (Pretty close. I have sustained this in a 5K before, but probably couldn't now, due to fatness)
2:13 (Sticking with this)
2:12 (Looking good)
1:58 (Kicked it back in for the finale)
I would love to be able to do consecutive 8 minute miles at some point this summer, but I'm not there yet. Even nine-minute miles are a bit aggressive for me right now, it seems. 10-minute miles? Now we might be talking. I didn't try to go that slowly, but I'm sure I will when I do the longer runs. This daily running stuff should help everything a lot. Weight-loss, speed, endurance, muscle-building, metabolism. Hopefully I can also get some biking and swimming in later in most days, since I start so early, but it is definitely going to change my bedtime.
5 comments:
Nice!
It definitely takes awhile to find your pace for the track workouts.
I find track workouts to be a good mental boost... once they are over.
Vash this is AWESOME!!
I, too, want to try to get some of these track/speed workouts into my running schedule. After this weekend I don't have any races scheduled until Tango, so I'm looking forward to focusing on some additional training. I would love to get my 5k pace to an 8:45/9:00pace by Timberman sprint. It may be a bit of a lofty goal given the pain management of my hip. But hey...what good are goals if they don't seem just a bit out of reach, right?
I think this prove your 5 K pace is in the 9 min/mile range. You have been sandbagging to look good in the Timberman.
Good job, Keep it up!
Great track work! That first one was fast.
I'm somewhat surprised Craig didn't do the math to determine your inertia at each speed.... in Metric Units of course.
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