Monday, July 20, 2009

Flat Track-

Because of current heel issues I had to go to the track in order to find flat land. A nice day, around 80 degrees and humid. I was wanting 10 miles at marathon pace. I'm in a recovery week so I'll lessen distance but not difficulty. I guess the hills are paying off because I couldn't contain myself and found the pace way too fast. Finally at 7 miles I was done. I had changed the work out to a fast continuous run since I was going faster than MP. Splits-9:39 warm-up-8:29, 8:21, 8:19,8:25, 8:50, 9:35. I think I made the smart decision by not pushing it to ten. Now I still need to get a medium endurance run of at least 10 miles and it will likely be on hills.
The heel is feeling better I think age is a factor but so are eternal hills. The track was a busy place. Young lady doing mile intervals, older lady walking, three teens practicing football. I am thinking I may make one more trip there this week. Oh, I'm on vacation!!!! Yes!!

6 comments:

Marlene said...

Nice splits! That's a long way to run around a track.

Unknown said...

very very nice :)

Beth said...

You are just getting too fast! Those hills are really paying off. Nice job!

Unknown said...

What kinda shoes are you utilizing?

Aron said...

nice job on the run!! enjoy your vacation :)

Lindsay said...

great run! i agree, better to cut it back a little and not overdo it so you don't have to take off completely. hope you are having a great time on vacation!

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