I pushed the track work from yesterday to today so I could run in daylight.
Plan: 20 min warm up
8-12x400 w/ 200 recovery
3x200 strides w/ 200 recovery
20 min cool down
It is windy again today, 13-15 mph and I knew it would affect the workout, however one of the areas I am working on is not wimping out when the weather is less than perfect.
20 min warm up to the middle school track - up hill and into the wind...it was hard
I ended up with 8 - 400's and was no where near the vo2 max pace from the pace calculator - that is not a surprise. I kept repeating to myself every step is helping me get better - over and over again. This ended up being a good baseline start and hopefully I will progress over the remaining 12 weeks of marathon training.
splits: 1:43, 1:44, 1:48, 1:48, 1:47, 1:48, 1:46, 1:47
Then it was time to push through the 200's and it was just get it done. The wind was picking up and it was like running in chest high water.
splits: 48, 49, 48
I ended up have to walk a few seconds of every recovery after the 5th 400.
Walked a lap with my friend Jenny who met me there so we could catch up and then the 20 min home - yay for mostly downhill and wind to my back.
70 min running / 8:46 miles / avg pace 8:17
On an interesting note, I switched back to Garmin after using the apple watch for the past several months. My previous Garmin died and I just finally replaced it and I am amazed at how much more information is available. I had used the 405 and it was an antique. I had no idea it tracked cadence and was pleasantly surprised I averaged 184 steps per min - I have always wondered but been to lazy to count.
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