Friday, April 15, 2011

Back on Track

Speed work after work went well today.
8x400 @ 5k pace.  My goal pace was in the 9:24-9:28 range based on shooting for a 2:15-2:16 half.  I did .12 mile rest intervals after every 400m (.25 miles).  Check out my splits:


Success!

I had feared that my week and a half of laziness would have impacted my fitness level.  But apparently not! I think it was a much needed break.

On a related note, Thursday night was boot camp.  My gym is 1.4ish miles away.  At 5/5:30pm, the first half of that involves slowly inching along in traffic.  Yesterday it was sunny and 70, and I got home from work early enough...so I decided to RUN to the gym (and back).  Surprisingly, I have never done this before.

My goal was 3 easy miles in addition to boot camp -- except my pace while running to the gym ended up being 9:22 for the first mile and and 9:52 for the remaining .53 miles.  I really meant to run those miles at a slower pace.  But maybe my fear of being late to the class and my week and a half rest helped me out.  I did a better job of slowing down a little for the return trip, running at a 10:29 pace.  There are sidewalks nearly the entire way which made it pretty easy.  I'd definitely do it again if I allow myself time and want to get some miles in on a boot camp night.

Not sure that I'm going to get a pace run in in the morning before we leave, as it's midnight, and I'm not totally packed yet...oh well.

4 comments:

  1. Nice! I'm so glad the little break did wonders for you!

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  2. Nice trackwork! Glad the rest paid off.

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  3. i used to run to yoga a lot when living in boston. well, where it was situated from my house. running their was actually quicker than taking the subway or bus. it was a nice way to sneak in a run that i didn't go on in the morning.

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  4. Green Girl & Teamarcia- thanks!
    Kathleen- Very nice! I agree, it was a nice way to sneak in a couple extra miles.

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