Just a Young Gun*

And we’re off to our first speed work out week which included doing a tempo or threshold AND speed. Some part of me wonders if I’m too old for this. I have been trying to do a week where I run four days instead of the three so that when Marathon Time rolls around I’m used to that. I hope that I don’t wear myself out, but like with a race, sometimes you just have to push and hope (and of course, be safe and careful). I also worked 6 days including the Expo which...ooof. Definitely too old for THAT. I do like that know I can tell people I ran a marathon there, though, and feel like I belong in that crew and, in some selfish ways, maybe belong more than some (sorry, super rude).

So anyway... my threshold with run club went well. I did three miles at 7:59; 7:40 and 7:22 with a goal of hitting around 7:45 (the 7:59 I was still with a friend so it would have been awkward to just take off although I did pick up the pace at the mile bell). And I also did the first speed workout which was 12x200 aiming for 49 seconds or a 6:30 pace. It wasn’t as hard as I feared, although still hard. I hit them (assuming my attempts at hitting 200 meters with my Garmin was close to right) in:

6:08
6:19
6:16
6:34
6:24
6:24
6:22
6:32
5:58 (this one had a watch bumble I think)
6:10
5:55
6:05

So, that’s pretty on if not faster. I’ve a,ways been fairly able to hit splits on sprints but I hope with this and the threshold and tempos, the combo will work. We shall see. All I know is that I think I need to stretch better and watch my work shoes some. My body can handle this, but I need to be smart about pushing it and the wear and tear especially as I want to work Orangetheory into this as well.

* I think this should be a question and not a statement