Today's scheduled workout...
2 miles warm up
3 miles tempo (9:39 pace)
1 mile cool down
I could not get under a 10:15 average pace. I tried but it hurt and WAHHH!!!! It's hard stuff to push your body. I was on the flat lake too. I just don't think I can get below a 10 minute mile. Maybe for those quick 5Ks but not much more than that. I need to embrace that I'm just a 10 minute miler. I can be okay with that. I love it when my app beeps in sometimes to say 9:... pace, but it hasn't been happening much lately. I've heard and I'm noticing that you lose a lot of your speed when you start marathon training. You are going the distance, not for the speed. At least, I'm not. I was looking at my training before my last half. I was able to hold that tempo run at a 9:39 pace for 3 miles. That was my last tempo run before the race, where this was my first one in 3 months. Yeah, that's why I was "slow." I will get back there again.
I'm also rethinking my marathon goal time. It's getting longer and longer. Again, that's okay because at least I will finish.
I also really want a Garmin watch. The only thing my phone app doesn't do is correctly tell me my current pace. It tells me average pace, distance, time, and calories. I really want to know my current pace so I can keep it there and not go too slow or too fast. I just can't justify the money. Granted I just spent that much money on my classroom.
1 comment:
i think a 10 min mile is awesome. keep it up
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