Mo - treadmill easy 5.7 @ 9:39
Tu - threshold - 8.5 including 3 x 1600 w/500 rest in 6:20, 2:48, 6:31, 2:50, 6:20 (10k, 10M, 10k pace)
We - treadmill easy 6 @ 9:20
Th - rest
Fr - treadmill easy 5 @ 9:30 with 6 short "strides" (punch 10 mph on mill)
Sa - rest
Su - 0.9 wup, Cherry Blossom 10 miler in 1:06:17, 0.5 cooldown
Week - 36.6
Sharp taper this week out of Hudson's half marathon plan. I thought it worked very well. Got home at 12:30am on Fr and 11:30pm on Sat because of children's activities and got up at 4:50am on Sunday, so had a splitting headache all day Saturday and until right before the race (miracle of adrenaline). Legs felt good warming up before the race.
Monday, April 04, 2011
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Cherry Blossom
I had a pretty good race, but didn't get the desired PR (65:55/6:35 pace), so that ends my streak of 10M PRs at Cherry Blossom.
Basically I went out too fast and died. But I felt so good early on! 6:38, 6:30, 6:24, 13:05 (4&5), 6:34, 6:35, 6:40, 6:49, 6:58. 1:06:17, so missed it by 23 seconds. After mile 9, I was exactly on pace and only had to run one more 6:35 to PR, but I was headed in the wrong direction. I didn't feel like I was redlining, but I suddenly just didn't have any pop in my stride. I put in a surge after the mile marker, but looked at my garmin a minute later and was still only 6:45 pace. Knowing I wasn't going to make it, I probably backed off a hair in the last mile although keeping under 7 minutes was some motivation. I have to kick myself for that 6:24 2nd mile, but it certainly felt good at the time :-) A smarter race and I might have PR'd. Overall it was a good race though and I'm in near-PR shape, so I stand a good chance at getting the sub-40 10k I'm after.
Basically I went out too fast and died. But I felt so good early on! 6:38, 6:30, 6:24, 13:05 (4&5), 6:34, 6:35, 6:40, 6:49, 6:58. 1:06:17, so missed it by 23 seconds. After mile 9, I was exactly on pace and only had to run one more 6:35 to PR, but I was headed in the wrong direction. I didn't feel like I was redlining, but I suddenly just didn't have any pop in my stride. I put in a surge after the mile marker, but looked at my garmin a minute later and was still only 6:45 pace. Knowing I wasn't going to make it, I probably backed off a hair in the last mile although keeping under 7 minutes was some motivation. I have to kick myself for that 6:24 2nd mile, but it certainly felt good at the time :-) A smarter race and I might have PR'd. Overall it was a good race though and I'm in near-PR shape, so I stand a good chance at getting the sub-40 10k I'm after.
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