35F. So, my first workout since the marathon. I wanted to do a few LT miles, but didn't think I would be ready for a continuous run at that pace. I was annoyingly indecisive about what to do though. Road or track, 3 x 1 or 2 x 1.5... Finally decided to go down to the track to avoid the hills and give me a good idea about how my marathon recovery was going. Plus the wind was down today. I decided that I would wait and see how the first 4 laps went before deciding on the workout.
So after 4 laps I was at 6:17 and not feeling bad, so I decided to keep going for 2 x 2400m, the next best thing to doing 3 miles continuous. I jogged a 2-minute lap between the 2 repeats.
9:28, 9:26. Right around my target, 6:20 pace. Hopefully I can build up to doing 30 minutes continuous at this pace before my HM next month, once I have recovered the rest of the way from the marathon. For now, this was a good re-introduction to running faster paces again; not too strenuous, but still got me breathing a bit. |