I ran/walked 4 miles on Saturday with da'wife. It was easy time, but I enjoyed being out with her. It was fun running around the area where I grew up and remembering playing in that field or stomping through those woods. We shared some memories... well, I shared some memories while L tried to keep from barfing. Fun was had by all.
This morning I got up intent on pushing my limits one last time before the 5K on Saturday. It was warm and humid this morning, but not so much so that I was terribly uncomfortable. I started out with a shorter warm up jog because I was a little short on time. I did just a little over half a mile as a warm up and then started into my interval sets. I worked pretty hard to try to keep all of the fast portions close to 8:00/mile and all my slow portions faster than 10:00/mile. I was generally successful with that but did fall short of my goal a couple of times.
Overall I was pleased and felt good though quite winded when I finished. There were moments when I considered slowing down and just jogging to finish out the workout, but I overcame the mental hurdles and kept up the pace. I'm looking forward to the race on Saturday and am hoping to surprise myself.
Today's Stats: I did 3.98 miles in 34:47 for an average pace of 8:44, which is a bit faster than I had hoped my race pace would be this coming Saturday.... and that was over the course of 4 miles. Factor in adrenaline and the shorter distance of a 5K and I might just be able to squeeze across the line in under 27:00. If I combine the fast portions of today's intervals and exclude the slow/rest portions, I averaged 08:06/mile. I don't think I'll be pushing myself that hard for the entire duration of a 5K. I am hoping to push pretty hard Saturday though. I'm looking for another personal record. I do have a feeling it's going to start getting exponentially harder to get faster.
Next up: I'll be going for an easy run Wednesday. I'll probably try to get in at least 4 miles at pretty medium pace and then I'll take Thursday off, and I may do a quick mile Friday at some point just to stay loose. Or, I may just take Thursday and Friday off completely and make sure I'm good and warmed up before the race on Saturday.
Bonus: I hit the 200 mile mark for the year this morning! At this pace I hope to get in about 600 total miles for the year. If I decide to train for a half marathon I may go over that mark pretty easily. I'm to the point now where I have no doubts about being able to complete a half, so I really don't know how much additional training would be necessary.
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