Time: 40 mins
Location: Tempo in neighborhood south of 696, east of woodward.
Time: 11:30 am
This run kicked
my
butt.
On a positive note, i look forward to vast improvement. It will be encouraging to see how much i improve as these tempo runs continue. I almost feel that we need to do more than one day of speed a week . . . . and i definitely decided that we need to end our long runs on sunday with barefoot sprints in the grass to build a bit of fast twitch fibers after a long monotonous run.
On a negative note, i'm obviously not in shape because this run just killed me. Right from the start I felt sluggish actually. I remember this feeling, and i don't like it. Its a mix of anemia (even though i am building up iron levels - im not there yet). I HATED running in my aasics, and wished i had been in my vibrams. I felt nauseous following each up tempo part of the run. I got through my 15 min warm up, and then took a one min stretch break before starting. Of the tempos, it was definitely hard to get through the 2 minutes, but i kept picking land marks to focus on to keep me going. I'm pretty happy with the pace i held even though i felt like shit. The recovery jogs in between were just enough of a tease to get my breath back before continuing on. I found a water fountain at a park right when i finished, so i was able to get some water before i headed back for my 15 min cool down.
Overall - this was a great reality check to how weak i am right now!! I look forward to building more strength and speed.
I will work on trying to help you out with your nutrition and help with that iron level.
ReplyDeletethanks for your help on iron research :-)
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