In my attempt to acclimate myself to running in the Newtons, it's been mostly a few miles here and there - never exceeding 4 miles in one run. Until today.
Wanting to use them in my 10K this Saturday, I wanted to know what it felt like to go a little faster. I did throw in a sub-7 mile last Saturday on my 4-miler, but that was that. The rest of that run was at a steady pace.
So after work today, I laced my Newtons on again and headed out the door. I averaged about 8:30 for the first couple of miles and then did the next 3 @ lactate threshold pace, with the first mile at the low-end of LT effort and last mile near my VO2max pace:
Mile 3 - 7:26 (HR Avg = 166)
Mile 4 - 7:13 (HR Avg = 177)
Mile 5 - 6:55 (HR Avg = 183)
Really sucked wind on the last mile, but first couple felt pretty good. Final .8 miles back home to make it 5.8 for the evening.
Calves are definitely still sore and might be even more so tomorrow. Not definite yet but leaning towards using them for this Saturday's race. Probably won't PR since I've been so inconsistent in my speed training (also, I won't have my rabbit in this one) but hey - anything can happen. We'll see.
9 comments:
Aw, your rabbit. Too cute man. :)
Have fun Saturday! And great seeing you last night!
I was wondering how the new shoes were feeling. My friend who wears them said her legs felt sore for about a month.
woo great job on that speedy run!! good luck on the 10k this weekend!!! i still need to run one of those.
ooooooo cool shoes! Wear them.
The Fleet Feet manager told me yesterday that with today's technology it doesn't really take much to break in shoes, but hey what do I know?
I think they're cool and CUTE!
Is that you're gf? She's beautiful!
ahhh sara! :) so cute. ha ha. anyways good to know about the shoes. I am def. looking to see if they help you! Good luck this weekend too. 10k will be no problem for you!
Good luck at seal beach this weekend. Your last mile was excellent! Im actually dying to hear about your race report this weekend with your newtons!
ps, I wrote about getting chicked and everyone loves it. I give you 100% of credit to introducing that phrase to me :)
pps. you are running the seal beach 10k this weekend?!?!? that is LITERALLY down the street from my house. I run that route all the time. I was thinking of banditoing it. :)
Speedy speedy!
Aww your rabbit...too cute.
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