Another speed workout down and only 80 days left now until Boston, it's going to go by so fast I just hope I'll be ready, yet calm for the race.
Tonight's work out I was dreading most of the day, I didn't really want to go out in the cold, snow and wind that I heard howling from the inside of the nice warm house. At times during the day when I looked out the window I couldn't even see the backyard fence, and I had to run in this? I did go, but also wore many many layers. It wasn't as bad as I thought. The 2.8k warm up was actually nice, that was because I was running with the wind to my back for it. Once we got to the Transitway for our speed intervals I noticed the wind, I had to do 3x 1600m which I did at a 4:30 pace then 4x 800m which I did at a 4:20 pace. Then I finished it off with a 1.8k cool down all into the wind. The worst was the return trip of the speed which was head on into the wind, at times I thought I was going backwards, and I had to do this how many times? CRAZY!!!!
I changed my stride a bit as per my coach's request and I did notice a change it was a bit more tiring for my legs yet a more relaxed feel (if that makes any sense) he says that if I continue to do it this way then I should be able to use up less energy during the race and go a little faster, I just have to get used to running this new way. It felt good so I'll try it out for the next few runs and take it from there.
My total distance for tonight was 12.77k
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