Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Round and round she goes....

So I made it to the track by around 9:50am, a beautiful day with temps in the eighties and sunny skies. My plan was to run as many MP miles as I could. I did a 1.5 mile warm up and began the work-out. At this time I had the track to myself. I am having some trouble finding the MP. Too fast, too slow! First mile was a 9:01 which would work! Then an 8:38, 8:39, 8:37, after these four miles I decided I'd had enough. My legs are tired. I pushed on through and did a 1.5 mile cool down. During this workout a young man came on the track and started running. I passed him three times...felt good!
The heel is in the ice bucket, now. I'm still able to run but it is not healed completely. I still need to run 19 more miles this week! Plus I'm planning on racing Saturday. So how do I structure the 19? Saturday will serve as speed work and I'd like to get around 5 total. So that leaves 14 for Thurs and Fri. Thurs could be 6-8 easy, Fri could be the same. I will have to play it by ear.
Totals- 7.01/ 1:06:08/ 9:26 avg. Feel like napping....Peace!

5 comments:

Marlene said...

Nice track workout! Take care of that heel and enjoy the rest of your miels this week. Have fun at the race!

Anonymous said...

mmmm nap sounds great!

Lindsay said...

you can always add on some (very) easy miles before and after the race saturday to get in a few more!

Beth said...

I love naps. I hope you had a good one. Have fun at your race this weekend- I can't wait to hear all about it!

A Plain Observer said...

are you doing mile repeats for the marathon? is that what you were doing at the track? they are great training

Sauna

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