Archive for February 17th, 2009

Yesterday was supposed to be a 6-miler with hill sprints at the end. I felt like crap once I got out the door though, partly from a lack of sleep (we went to my best pal’s 50th birthday party in NYC Sunday night) and partly thanks to my “lady time”.

I couldn’t even deal with 6 lousy miles. I cut it at 4.5, though I did manage 4 hill sprints because I’d have been pissed at myself if I didn’t at least attempt them. They were completely anti-climatic, little 10-second nothings, but whatever, I did ‘em.

Then last night, I was thinking about this 4x2k@10k workout, realizing I’ve never done 5 miles of speedwork because, well…it sounds horrible. And if I’m not exactly fond of long intervals, why do 1.25 mile ones? So I compromised and made it 4xmile@10k pace w/3min jog recoveries.

It turned out to be one of my better workouts. Somehow, the dreaded mile intervals weren’t as heinous as in the past. My goal was 7:09/mi. They went 7:11, 7:01, 7:04, 7:07 – Average pace 7:05.

Looks like Sub 45:00 on March 1st is a likelihood. Cool.