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Holding On In The Taped Shoe

March 28, 2012 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 60 Partly Cloudy/Windy

Comments:
WU: Veale to NRV+ Tempo Loop
2mi @10k pace: 10:43-long(?), 5 min recovery
4x1600 @10k pace (5:15, 5:14, 5:18, 5:10), 3-4min recovery
CD: NRV to MLK to Veale (includes .5 mi recovery)

Last week, my Brooks Launch developed a large rip on the side so I had put them away and been running exclusively in the New Balance 480s. But yesterday the 480s developed a hole in a place that was giving me blisters and I knew would only continue to. I went out and bought a new (black!) pair of 480s, but they were not ready for my workout today so I decided to take the Launch back together for the workout and hope for the best.

Coach gave pretty much everyone a workout today that looked really rough. She had me start off the 2 mile segment with the tempo loop and finish the second mile of it on the track. This was really hard and I don't really know how fast I ran the first mile. I do think it was long because I supposedly negative split considerably. I felt pretty dead after this but had a long recovery before the miles. The first mile felt comfortable as I started too quick in 75 and coasted through after that. I kept the pattern of going out fast throughout the workout but was struggling to hang on by the end. It also seemed like the wind picked up a lot. I fell off the pace I was supposed to hit (5:15) on the third mile and was wondering how I could do the fourth with my legs as dead as they were, but managed to make the last mile a good one nevertheless. This workout was a very good simulation of what it feels like to run a 10k. I felt pretty similar toward the end of this as I felt last Friday in the race.

All in all, my legs felt really tired today but I felt good enough otherwise. I didn't feel totally destroyed afterward, just very sore. My stomach was a little upset for the first couple intervals and my mindset was calm and strong today. I did a good job of battling through this tough workout without talking myself out of it.