Devra came over to my house bright and early this morning to go run a light track workout before our respective races on Saturday. She is running the Utah Valley Half Marathon on Saturday, so her workout was shorter than mine was.
We warmed up three miles through the neighborhood, and ended at the Taylorsville High track. Both of us felt pretty tired on the warm-up, so we conservatively hoped to keep our intervals at the same pace that we ran them two weeks ago. (2:45 for the 800's and 1:20 for the 400's) Our recovery was 1:1. Apparently we felt better when we ran faster. I ran 2:37 for both 800's, and Devra ran 2:41. I added on two more 400's, and ran them in 76, 74, 75, and 73. Devra ran some laps on the track while I ran 8 x 200 on/200 off. I kept the 200's under control and just ran them in 37-38. My legs definitely felt it by the end of the workout.
We cooled down with a 2.5 mile run through the neighborhood to give us 10 for the day. I was happy to run an entire workout (albeit a short one) under 5:20 pace. Especially with 25 miles already under my belt this week. Plus, my hip is beginning to improve. My fitness is definitely getting better! This was a great workout to lead into a 5k race this weekend. Now, two days of recovery! I'm ready for them. | 