Got up early to run yesterday...this is how I felt BEFORE the alarm went off...
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This is how I felt AFTER the alarm went off...
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Truthfully, it was a beautiful morning, birds chirping, sun gently brightening the sky, no one outside except me. Would have been a perfect zen moment, except for the fact that I was dreading my first day of speed drills.
Plan: At least one 60 second "blast" in each mile of today's 5K, dropping back to a recovery pace, without stopping. Mission accomplished. And, I have to say, immediately after the run I felt pretty good.
According to my trusty Garmin Forerunner the entire run was 27:50...only 30ish seconds off my last 5K race...which surprised me. I expected to be slower overall figuring the burst of not-quite-lightening-fast speed would be overcome by the pretending-I'm-running-when-I'm-actually-shuffling recovery pace.
No next day aches or strains, which I take as a good sign. Conventional wisdom says ease into speed drills, so no more until Monday or sometime next week.
So far, so good...
Image Source: Naturlea.com
This is how I felt AFTER the alarm went off...
Image Source: My Next Race blog
Truthfully, it was a beautiful morning, birds chirping, sun gently brightening the sky, no one outside except me. Would have been a perfect zen moment, except for the fact that I was dreading my first day of speed drills.
Plan: At least one 60 second "blast" in each mile of today's 5K, dropping back to a recovery pace, without stopping. Mission accomplished. And, I have to say, immediately after the run I felt pretty good.
According to my trusty Garmin Forerunner the entire run was 27:50...only 30ish seconds off my last 5K race...which surprised me. I expected to be slower overall figuring the burst of not-quite-lightening-fast speed would be overcome by the pretending-I'm-running-when-I'm-actually-shuffling recovery pace.
No next day aches or strains, which I take as a good sign. Conventional wisdom says ease into speed drills, so no more until Monday or sometime next week.
So far, so good...
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