Seems I'm stuck on week 4. The good news is, it's becoming easy. I plan to continue with week 4 through the rest of this week and then move on to week 5 next week. I'm trying really hard to keep from pushing myself too hard and end up having to take any time off.
This morning it was cool out and I was alone in the park. It was a perfect morning to run. I started out at what I hoped was a pretty slow pace with the intent of increasing my pace over the course of the whole session. My goal was to pick a pace for the first 3 and 5 minute repetitions and then up that pace slightly for the second 3 and 5 minute repetitions. I made it through the first 3, the first 5, and the second 3 without any problems. I definitely picked up my pace in the second three minute rep, but found myself concerned that I didn't have enough left to make it through the final 5 minutes. As I began the last 5 minute rep, I was not quite as recovered as I had been to start the other runs. At about the halfway point I found myself wanting to walk and catch my breath. I made myself keep running and was able to distract myself with trying to calculate the amount of time I had left in my head. It worked, and before I knew it the 5 minutes was up and I had made it back to my starting place plus a few feet.
I made it back to the car at 31:01 which was a pretty big improvement over Friday. It also probably explains why I was ready to walk during the last 5 minute run. I had picked up my pace fairly significantly. It's become almost instinctual now to run faster toward the end.
Today Stats: 2.48 miles in 31:01 for a pace of 12:30/mile. This reduced my overall average pace since beginning the program to 12:51/mile - the lowest it has ever been.
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