Thanks to a wonderful neighbor, who didn't mind taking my rugrats off of my hands for a couple hours, I was able to meet Devra at nine at Liberty Park for a speed workout. It was wonderful to run a little later in the morning, and with a fast running partner.
My goal was 3-4 x a mile at 5:40-5:45 pace. We warmed up two miles around the park, and then started the workout. We ran half a mile recovery in between. The first mile was 5:36, which was faster than I expected to run. The second mile I overshot the marker by about five seconds, so I think I ran 5:37-5:38. The third mile I started to fall off pace a little bit, but managed a 5:43. I definitely need more work on the endurance! My left quad began to twinge a little bit during the third mile, so I decided three repeats were plenty. I'm just getting started with speed, so I need to build up slowly. So, 4 next time. We were getting 4-4:30 for recovery.
Stopping at three was probably a good decision, since I had a blood sugar crash during the cool down. For the cool down, we finished the lap we were on, and then ran two laps around the outside of the park. We ran 10 miles, and I was very dizzy by the end.
No Chocolate Day 4: My protein drink was chocolate flavored. That doesn't count, right? It didn't taste anything like a candy bar! | 