Day 10: My first Tempo!
My first tempo today was harrrrddddd! Thanks for all the comments - SmileLisa I thought of you while running that fast leg. I saw two guys in front of me, and I tried my very best to beat them! haha. But I couldn't, so I focused on just making sure they kept the same distance ahead of me and didn't gain any.
Today I did 10 minutes of "warmup," 10 minutes of fast running, then 13 minutes of a cooldown/slow running pace that included some walking. It was pretty tough, maybe because I went too fast during my first 10 minutes. I did a 9 minute pace for that first leg, and I was supposed to only do a 10 minute pace :P. The second leg was an 8:20 pace, and I kept it up the whole way! I was so happy about that, but it was so difficult because, in my opinion, I should have eased up on the first leg. I'm really not used to pushing my speed like that, as I usually like to relax when running distance. This time I definitely felt that "I gotta keep this up even if I don't wanna..."
The last leg was only .9 miles but I took 13 minutes to run/walk it. Total distance 3.2 and total time was 33:27.
I'm glad I could do the 8:20 for one mile at least. Now to maintain that pace for two more miles... I also kept telling myself: "I'm only on week 2.. I'm only on week 2"
Today I did 10 minutes of "warmup," 10 minutes of fast running, then 13 minutes of a cooldown/slow running pace that included some walking. It was pretty tough, maybe because I went too fast during my first 10 minutes. I did a 9 minute pace for that first leg, and I was supposed to only do a 10 minute pace :P. The second leg was an 8:20 pace, and I kept it up the whole way! I was so happy about that, but it was so difficult because, in my opinion, I should have eased up on the first leg. I'm really not used to pushing my speed like that, as I usually like to relax when running distance. This time I definitely felt that "I gotta keep this up even if I don't wanna..."
The last leg was only .9 miles but I took 13 minutes to run/walk it. Total distance 3.2 and total time was 33:27.
I'm glad I could do the 8:20 for one mile at least. Now to maintain that pace for two more miles... I also kept telling myself: "I'm only on week 2.. I'm only on week 2"
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