The legs are coming around! I met up with Brenden today for a 2×2 mile tempo workout and felt like my typical starting-to-taper self. What a fun feeling. We came through in 11:33 and 11:38 and I felt strong, efficient, and my feet were slapping the pavement & bouncing up quickly, snappily. I could have…
Today was my last “hard” workout (and not even that hard, or long! Eek!): 4x1000m at tempo pace Before Grandma’s I did this exact same workout in 6:07 pace (not sure what happened with that one), then 5:58-5:59 pace. Today I was significantly faster. 5:45-7 into the wind, 5:32-5:37 with the wind. Yikes! Best part?…
I’ve begun to visualize the race each night before I fall asleep. Maybe not the best time/place, but it’s better than nothing. Sometimes I make it to the 3 mile mark, sometimes I make it to mile 20. I also try to visualize the race during each run. Even on easy runs, when there’s 6.2…
Yesterday’s workout: 35 min easy 18 min tempo 40 min easy 18 min temp0 1 mile CD = total of 16 miles I know my tempo pace has quickened, but I was surprised to come through the first tempo session in 18:05 for 5k (I wanted to go longer than the 18 minutes just to…
I knew I needed to nail it. The last two weeks have been peppered with rough tempo workouts, stopping-midway, etc. I also knew that I was unlikely to be able to do this myself. So, I called up the GAC assistant coach, Brenden, and asked if he’d be up for it. No hesitation. He was….
Time’s winding down: just a little over 2.5 weeks to race day! That means I get to count down the hard workouts I have left. What a fun feeling. Tonight’s Tuesday Tempo run was 2×20 minutes, with a warm up, 2.5 miles in between, and a CD, it totalled 13.5 miles. Although my legs were…