I have a 5k on Saturday, so I was kinda excited to do today's VO2 Max run of 8 miles w/ 5x600 at 5k pace. I mapped out an old course on mapmyrun that would end up at the track. Fleet Feet is about 1/4 mile from the track and I needed some more gels, hence my motivation to get away from home and my usual route. Because I couldn't decide whether to park my car at Fleet Feet and start the run from there or park at the school and run a little more, I ended up running a full 7 miles before I even made it to the track. I parked at the school thinking I wouldn't feel like running anymore after the track workout, but Fleet Feet ended up being farther from the school than I thought. (I mapped the run starting from Fleet Feet). I ran the 7 at marathon pace which didn't give me the freshest of legs for the 600s, but hey, if I can run 7 at mp then 5x600 at about 9:30 avg., I must be making some inroads, right?
The track was pretty clear of snow. Not so the sidewalks. Sometimes I imagined I was Mardi climbing over piles of dirty, slushy, plowed snow. Only I was the slow version. ;)
I'm trying to think of a route where I can warmup with 3 miles ending at the track, then I could do the 3 miles again to finish up. That way, at least I stand a fighting chance of hitting a 5k pace of 8:30 or under on the 600s. My last 5k was June 16 with a finish of 25:59. That's faster than McMillan predicts based on my best 10k, 1/2 and marathon times. Of course, I'll try to beat it!
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Just Plugging Away
Since I didn't feel like running 6 miles today, I went to the track to try some 1200 repeats. Whenever I don't feel like doing something, I try to find a way to make it even worse!
I warmed up for 2 miles at 10:00 pace (mp). Then I did 3 x 1200 with 5 minute intervals. My repeats were very slow. 2 minutes slower than McMillan says I should be doing them. I couldn't get the Garmin to display the fields I wanted during the workout, so I had no idea at all what pace I was running or what my heartrate was. I had my old Garmin all nicely setup for me, but this replacement Garmin keeps reminding me of all the things I haven't set up or can't remember how to set.
6.2 miles total.
I warmed up for 2 miles at 10:00 pace (mp). Then I did 3 x 1200 with 5 minute intervals. My repeats were very slow. 2 minutes slower than McMillan says I should be doing them. I couldn't get the Garmin to display the fields I wanted during the workout, so I had no idea at all what pace I was running or what my heartrate was. I had my old Garmin all nicely setup for me, but this replacement Garmin keeps reminding me of all the things I haven't set up or can't remember how to set.
6.2 miles total.
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