Tuesday, January 8, 2008
What a difference a day makes
What a fabulous run! I could rationalize and say that taking yesterday off was exactly what I needed but I think it had more to do with the fact that I got a good night's sleep and the weather is absolutely gorgeous! I was running in a T-shirt, for crying out loud! I ran a 8:59 mile. Technically not a PR but this was 5+ miles at that pace - a longer distance that my other PR's. So I'm pretty happy about it. Now I'm jonesing for spring to really get here.
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Hi Karen. Are you doing any track or speed work of any kind? Even if you're not planning to run 'faster', it does help strengthen your legs and heart, and will help you run a better race. But most importantly, if you do speed work on the road, they're known as fartleks. We had a heyday with that in HS...
Hey Steve! Thanks for the input. I was doing some speed work when I first started training for the race but then I quickly decided that I needed to just focus on mileage so I dropped it. I definitely plan to add it back in. Yes, I've snickered once or twice about fartleks in my day.
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