171 Days to Race
Today was my first real day of speed training. I ran 20 minutes of fartleks.
Go ahead.
Laugh.
I know it is a funny word.
Out of your system?
Okay, so fartleks are a kind of interval training. I ran a five minute warm up at 4.5 mph. I can't believe I now think of that as an easy run. Anyway, after that I ran four sessions of four minutes at 6 mph and then one minute of "recovery" at 5 mph. Remember last week when I was hoping to be able to run an 11 minute mile? 6 mph is a 10 minute mile. I'm hoping to run the race at about 4.7 mph.
So, yeah. Fartleks suck.
I'm proud of myself for being able to do what I did today. But I don't have to like it, right?
Tomorrow is ANOTHER rest day. This training program sure is starting out slow. . .
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