Today is tempo run day, but I didn't do a tempo run. My left hamstring was bugging me during my last two runs, so I took a rest day yesterday and decided to run easy today. Seems to have worked because my hamstring felt fine during this morning's run. We'll see what happens when I do some more serious running this weekend.
That's all I've got for now!
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Another tempo run
Planned: 5 miles
Actual: 5.1 miles
This morning's schedule called for another tempo run. I'm pleased to say that even though I didn't feel like it at first, I got out there and did it. Sitting here now, five minutes after finishing, I feel totally invigorated even though my legs are tired. I could get addicted to this feeling.
Today's run was a mile longer than last week's tempo run. My pace was 10 seconds/mile slower than last week, but still a lot faster than the McMillan Running Calculator says my tempo runs should be. I would worry about that a little, except that I know I have a lot more potential for speed than my race times indicate so I think it's okay that I'm going faster than McMillan says. I walk faster than the time the calculator tells me to use for my long run pace!
I'll be very interested to see how my next race goes after I spend some more time doing quality workouts.
Actual: 5.1 miles
This morning's schedule called for another tempo run. I'm pleased to say that even though I didn't feel like it at first, I got out there and did it. Sitting here now, five minutes after finishing, I feel totally invigorated even though my legs are tired. I could get addicted to this feeling.
Today's run was a mile longer than last week's tempo run. My pace was 10 seconds/mile slower than last week, but still a lot faster than the McMillan Running Calculator says my tempo runs should be. I would worry about that a little, except that I know I have a lot more potential for speed than my race times indicate so I think it's okay that I'm going faster than McMillan says. I walk faster than the time the calculator tells me to use for my long run pace!
I'll be very interested to see how my next race goes after I spend some more time doing quality workouts.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Tempo run!
Tempo runs are hard! This is why when I trained for my first marathon, I usually was lazy and skipped them. I would see those tempo runs on my training schedule and decide to just run the distance at an easy pace instead. This may be part of the reason why I struggled my way through the marathon.
This year, I decided it would be different. Except that up to this point, I was still being lazy and not doing the tempo runs. That changed this morning. I had a tempo run on the schedule and by God, I went out there and did it. And yep, it was hard. But I feel fantastic! Seems that I rarely push myself when I run (back to that old laziness thing) and it turns out that it actually feels pretty good to push myself.
Now I just need to keep this up until November and I'll be fine. :)
This year, I decided it would be different. Except that up to this point, I was still being lazy and not doing the tempo runs. That changed this morning. I had a tempo run on the schedule and by God, I went out there and did it. And yep, it was hard. But I feel fantastic! Seems that I rarely push myself when I run (back to that old laziness thing) and it turns out that it actually feels pretty good to push myself.
Now I just need to keep this up until November and I'll be fine. :)
Sunday, June 27, 2010
What I learned today
I learned that if you spend all morning sitting around doing nothing and then finally go for your run just as the rain is threatening to start, you may end up having a short tempo run (instead of the easy recovery run you were planning) when the rain starts pouring down on you and you decide that it's in your best interest to get home quickly before you get struck by lightning.
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