This past weeks mid-week workout was the dreaded 1/2 mile repeats. I was introduced to repeats while coaching track. I use to feel bad for the A Distance group when Coach Zelk made them do 800 repeats after doing a 2-3 mile warm-up. Also, I kept thinking, thankfully it's them not me.
Well Tuesday night held a rude awakening, when I opened Training Peaks, to see what the Wednesday work out was: 10-15 min warm-up, dynamic exercises, 3-4 strides, 5 1/2 mile repeats w/ 3-5min recovery in-between, and a 5-10 min cool down. All of that for a total of 60 minutes of exercise.
It has been proven that if you have someone else to meet to workout with you are more like to make it to the workout and finish the workout. I knew this workout was going to be a tough one, so I talked my lovely boyfriend Jeff into doing the workout with me. That way I knew I would get it done and have a fairly good workout.
The warm up was good, I could feel I was a little sore from Yoga and ART from the day before, but after a little stretching that went away. My 1 and 2 repeats were between 4:08-4:05. Not too bad for the first two. The 3rd one came in at 4 flat. The most I had been resting at that point was 4 min in-between which seemed to work better for me than 3 min. For the 4th repeat I came in at 3:56! I was ecstatic and feeling good, but worried I may of just ruined my last repeat. After a nice 4 min recovery I went out for the 5th thinking 'oh no! I am dragging and feel tired'. I pushed through for a time of 3:55! I was excited and felt fantastic after each one, and felt stronger as the workout went on.
I know I wouldn't of done so well if I hadn't had someone there to workout with making me accountable. We may of not ran together for the repeats, but I pushed myself through them all, not wanting my boyfriend to think I was going easy. Come on here, I am the marathon runner..not him, so of course I had to show off! ha ha.
I have 12 miles on tap for tomorrow! It will be a nice sssllooww long run!
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