I decided to start a little more speed work this week. I didn't have a planned workout in mind, so I just joined Jenny for hers. The nice thing was that I was able to train at 10 instead of 6 a.m. A later start made a huge difference.
I didn't have huge aspirations for a first workout. Jenny ran a 1 mile, 2 800's and 4 400's. I did 3 800's and 4 400's. I didn't feel quite ready to step up to mile repeats yet. I just wanted to keep everything around 6 minute pace. I ran 2:55, 2:56, and 2:54 for the 800's and 84, 83, 84, 84 for the 400's. I did get quite a bit of recovery, with a full lap between repeats, but that's probably okay for the first workout.
We warmed up 2.5 miles, and just cooled down a mile on the track. A lot of the mileage today was rest laps in between repeats, but that will change as I get in better shape.
Overall, I was pretty pleased with my first post-baby track session. | 