Warmed up a couple miles and then ran a 5k tempo followed by the last two 400ms of Wyatt's workout. Ended up being about 16:48 (5:21, 5:28, 5:23) 3 min rest 67 70 seconds rest 66 400ms were faster and felt more doable than I would have expected. Maybe I could just in a 1500m this spring and try to run around 4:10. The 5k tempo also felt really good, that pace is too easy for a 10k but probably a stretch to keep quite that speed for a half marathon. Based off how it felt today I could probably run somewhere in the 32 minute range for a track 10k and about 72 minutes for a half marathon... I should probably actually go do that now. I think after a couple months at 60-70 now I could potentially break 70 on a flat half marathon based off how today felt. I want to race a lot this year. I applied to get free entry to salt lake marathon over the weekend because I figure it will be valuable experience to go out and see how it feels in real race conditions. If I'm feeling good and am in the top 3 at a 10k I'll try and pull off finishing top 3 at that race, otherwise I'll just take the last 20 miles as a mix of easy and tempo. That way I get a marathon experience before Des news and either have a really good result or don't go all out and recover a bit faster but still know what to expect. I also want to race a 5k, 10k, and half marathon before that. Going to get all the prs this year. |