My legs were still tight last night from Wednesday's run, so I figured rather than shove myself out the door and risk injury by forcing myself to run - especially since the program for Thursday was a speed session - I decided to take today's rest day yesterday, and do yesterday's program today.
Clear as mud? =)
Anyway, so tonight I did 2 repeats of 800 meters (once around my neighborhood loop) at race pace, with the same time amount of easy jogging or walking in between. The training plan said that the idea was to test my ability to hold race pace over a mile, and that if I couldn't complete the workout then my projected race pace was too fast. I decided to just run the first 800 comfortably fast, and see how fast the pace was when I got to the end of the first loop, and go from there.
I arrived at the end of the first loop in 5:32. Just slightly over an 11 minute mile, about a minute faster than I would have said my goal race pace was, but I decided to stick with the program and see if I could achieve the same pace in the second 800. I had to push it at the end of the second loop, but I did it - the whole workout took me 16:38.
I'm still not sure that an 11 minute mile is a realistic pace for me over the whole 5K, but it was nice to have the success in the speed workout, and also to feel like I did the right thing by taking yesterday off. And there's no telling what adrenaline will do on Sunday...after all, my first 5K time of 35:26 averaged less than a 12 minute mile, and I definitely feel stronger and more prepared this time.
Tomorrow's workout is a mixture of endurance and speed, and then I'll really feel ready.
Time for strength training...giving the baby a bath. =)
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