4.81@8:21 HR 146 bpm
Once again I'm way behind on blogging, so I'll start with where I'm at and try and backfill later. I signed up with Garmin for their half marathon training plan with Coach Greg, today I'm on week 2. This weekend I've got the 74ish mile Georgia Death Race which is not on the plan but wanted to get started with the plan right away.
Today's workout was called a progression run but was a little different from what I've done before and called progression runs where you have a steady increas mile after mile. This run was 5 minute warmup, 20 minutes "easy" pace 8:19-9:19, then 10 minutes hard at 6:19-6:39, then 5 minute cool down. Knew the hard would be hard. Kind of humid this morning but not really hot but felt a little sluggish.
At the start of the fast section thought I've be ok as I saw a 6:30 pace, but that quickly faded to barely staying under 7:00, managed a 6:54 for the mile, and then for the remainder of the 10 minutes, pace was 6:35 - so at least that portion was within range.
Route was in Westlake Village with start at the top of Woodcutter - hoping that would give me a boost.
Saturday's run is supposed to be 100 minutes at 8:19-9:19, but instead will be 76 miles and lots of elevation, lots of trail, some dirt/gravel road.
Rocky Raccoon was not nearly as hilly as Georgia will be but hopefully some of the successes there will help me like better lighting, trekking poles along with maybe better weather. It's still going to be hard.
| 