Speedwork is tough. It is a great character builder if you ask me. I have only had a couple of speedwork sessions that were kind of easy. The rest are just plain hard. Today I had 6×1000 meter reps with one minute breaks in between. The laps are done as part of a 6 mile total for the run. Here are my stats for today’s workout.
1st 1000 meters= 5:55 pace
2nd 1000 meters= 5:55 pace
3rd 1000 meters = 6:03 pace except I almost puked and had to stop at 600 meters and take a 4 minute break. HAHAHAHA
4th 1000 meters= 10k pace @ 6:28 minute miles
5th 1000 meters= 6:30 pace
6th 1000 meters= 6:30 pace
Overall pace counting running to the track and taking my one minutes walking breaks was about 8:04 average pace.
I was supposed to do the laps at 5k pace which is about 6:08 for me. I went out to fast and this hurt me especially on these longer reps. Usually I do 400 meters at this pace. Needless to say, I could not keep that aggressive pace for all those reps. Also needless to say though is that I built up mental strength (physical too I guess) because I did not quit and I just adjusted my paces so that I could finish. My coach says that paces between 5k-10k are considered high quality paces for high quality workouts. In two weeks, have my last easy/slow marathon prior to my PR attempt at the Portland Marathon. Hoping all will go well.
More on food, WW, life, etc. in the morning. See you later.
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