Decided to do a speed workout tonight, and boy was I hurting. I think there are 3 main reasons why I didn't feel that great. 1. I haven't been very consistent with my training lately and I haven't done much speed the last 2-3 weeks 2. My diet hasn't been very good, gained about 5 pounds on vacation, so I need to work that back off, I can tell a difference when I'm carrying the extra weight 3. I haven't been getting enough rest and my body has been feeling the effects of fatigue Anyway, recognize the problems and they are all areas I can improve in. Well, I begin by running from my house over to Hurricane High School 2.5 mile easy warm-up 7:40 pace Decided to do a ladder workout, goal was to run everything near 5:00 mile pace
200- 32 faster than I wanted to run 400- 73 faster than I was planning- 2:00 minutes recovery
600-1:55 slower than pace and feeling tired already 2:30 recovery 800- 2:36 slower than planned- 3:00 recovery 1200- 4:04 hurting and the wind is starting to pick up- 6:00 recovery 800- 2:40- just going through the motions
600- 2:01- just want to finish this workout and go home
400- 75 felt pretty good 200- 36- finally done, get me out of here Cool-down 2.5 miles felt like I was limping my way home 8:20 average pace Hopefully, I can recover somewhat from this workout, by race time on Saturday
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