2.89 Mile Warm Up
Jump Rope (100 each leg, 5 reps of 20)
10 Second Strides (30 seconds rest)
- 5:53
- 6:36
- 6:01
- 6:06
- 5:59
45 Second Stride
- 5:53
2x5k Tempo (Goal 5:25-5:30 Pace)
- 1st 5k 5:37
- 5 Minutes Rest
- 2nd 5k 5:36
I sit here totally perplexed. On the one hand I can run 5:01 pace for a 5k. On the other hand on these 2x(3 mile/5k) Tempos I can’t even manage to run faster than 5:37 pace on the first rep. Something is a bit odd here and I’m missing it. The only thing I can come up with is that my legs are fatigued. But still, with fatigued legs, I should be able to hit the times. There were times during this run where I felt I was easily going 5:20 pace but the Garmin said 5:40. Oh well, I guess this will be one of those strange enigmas.
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2 comments:
One thing I've learned over the time I've been running is that while your workouts can predict your race times, it's way difficult to duplicate race speed in a workout. Not 100% sure why that's the case, but just one of those things that is a mystery but ever present.
Sam,
Very true.
Bill
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