- 5.5 miles 5th south loop with tempo run as follows:
- 1.5 mile warm up
- 2.5 mile tempo @ 8:34 AP!
- 1.5 mile cool down
- abs w/ 3 x 1 min planks
I wanted to do a tempo run today and try to maintain my 5K and 10K AP's that I got on the 4th and 24th of this month (8:59 and 8:53). I was able to maintain 8:30's and it felt so good! So this tells me (1) I should have warmed up more for the races (2) my lungs are getting more conditioned each week and (3) I had a little too much kick in me at the end and could have gone a bit faster during the races. I was too nervous, though, because it's hard to know what you really can do when you first come back and I didn't want to fall apart during the race. Now I know I need to push it harder and need to shoot for at least 8:30's AP during my tempo runs for the upcoming weeks. I want to work up to 10K tempos as well. I was planning to do a 5K today, but my Garmin totally froze right at 2.5 miles into it, so I decided to just stop the tempo pace and cool down. The watch eventually came back to life 1.5 hours after the run, but it's still finicky and has been for about a month now. I need it to last a little longer, though...we can't buy anything extra right now until I start work again. =0) Stay with me Garmin, stay with me!! | 