Thursday, August 16, 2012

12K fartlek

Running off to lab meeting - this will be quick (work busy today - no time for lunch blogging!).

Weather: 73-76F (22.8-24.4C) and about 40% humidity. Too warm for me :(.

Warm-up: 1600m with strides in 9:37; felt OK, but legs still tired from Tuesday's 15K for some reason. Did dynamic stretching too.

Workout: Took it very conservatively to start and still couldn't quite hold the pace. 2:48, 2:49 for first 1km fast; then my fast 500s were 2:49-2:54 except the last one (2:56...died...tried really hard but nothing left). My medium effort 500s were 2:57-3:08. 5km split in 29:00, 10km at 58:51 (29:51 for 2nd 5km), and last 2km was pretty slow :( so total was 1:10:53. HR monitor - got my new one! - said ave HR 160. I was working plenty hard. Stopped every 2km after 4km for quick water breaks (very quick) because I had to stay hydrated.

This one hurt. Glad it's done. It actually might have been a good one if it wasn't so hot and if my legs weren't tired.

Garmin data here.

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Oh, and yesterday I cross-trained (elliptical).

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