i still need to catch up on some serious sleep. i'm loving dst and the extra daylight, but i think i'm going to have to blame my excessive tiredness on it. i do wish we never had to change the clocks, even though i never get around to actually changing mine... i just noticed my polar hrm was "back" on the right on time. seriously i am so lazy.
friday was another glorious day of not working! i "slept in" (7:30), ate a small breakfast, and got ready to run. it was to be my first threshold (t-pace) run, and my second workout in a long time. remembering how terrible my first return-to-speed workout went on tuesday, i did a great job of psyching myself out.
the goal: 20 min easy, 6 strides, 20 min t-pace, 6 strides.
my t-pace is 7:02. when i trained for the goofy challenge, i struggled to maintain 7:30's. (or so i am led to believe; i wonder if my nike+ was off on all those tempo runs because i ran 7:11 avg in the disney half.) either way, 7:02 is frightening to me.
maybe i'm making too many excuses, but i decided (mid-run) to cut this workout short and only did 10 min at t-pace. i am also not sure if i am entirely doing the strides right. i just do what i did in hs cross country - run a few yards building to your top speed for a few yards and then slow back down. sometimes i do them in the middle of my easy miles and sometimes i do them in addition to the mileage. i figure the point is mainly to perk up your legs and work on turnover without tiring yourself out.
anyway the t-pace went ok, although it didn't feel ok while i was running. it was hard. lungs burning, quads aching, core reminding me that i need to give it even more attention, just awesome. i made it 1.4 miles in those 10 t-pace minutes, for an average pace of 7:09. close enough for me and my legs that have forgotten how to pick themselves up and move. (let's get with the program here legs!) i reminded myself how good it feels to hurt from running hard.
the actual: 20 min easy (2.25 miles), 6 strides, 10 min t-pace (1.4 miles), 1.45 miles easy, 6 strides.
friday (3/13) am run: 5.5 miles, 45:44 (8:18 avg pace), avg hr (170)
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