8:16 AP. Only 72 degrees this am, but a stifling 80% humidity. I decided to do a little tempo and speed anyway, since it is still better than 88 degrees at noon. I went based off effort and tried to be concerned about the less-than-optimal pace results. Within 10 minutes of starting the sweat was pouring off of me and it felt like there was a layer of syrup on my skin. I will probably whimper and whine in my blog all summer long about heat and humidity. 2 miles warm-up 9:19, 8:49 nope it's not going to be a fast day 2 miles fantasy Houston marathon pace effort 6:59, 7:01 2 miles easy 8:45, 9:03 .26 at 6:01 pace .23 recovery 9:43 pace .29 at 6:00 pace Alright had enough need water bad
1.22 cool down sloooow I am thinking of structuring my weeks something like this for a while: MWF easy miles, more or less 10 a day; Tuesdays hills or speed, speed is my week point, time to smell the roses and make myself do it, Thursdays FHP(fantasy houston pace) or some other form of tempo or steady state running, Saturday is long run day. I figure as time goes on and I at some point get close to January I will start a more focused and rigorous marathon training plan pm--5 miles easy on the treadmill at 8:44 pace. I just had to know if speedwork would throw me off the back though. I did a few .1 to .2 sprints at 6:00 pace, then got brave and did a brief run at 5:27 pace and stayed on, so then, I finally cranked it up all the way to 5:00 pace and did not get thrown. Good to know.
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