I half intended rising early for today’s workout, but the extra hour in bed was just too appealing! The cooler 4:30am temperature would have been nice, but the thought of pounding out almost 5 miles of speed work on the track just made me turn over and go back to sleep.
Week 10 Key Run Workout #1 calls for the following, which I’m sure you’ll agree is quite daunting:
10-20 minutes warm up
2x1200m (2min RI) @ 4:09
4:00 RI
2x1200m (2min RI) @ 4:09
4:00 RI
2x1200m (2min RI) @ 4:09
10 minutes cool down
I’m also not fully recovered from Sunday’s killer 20 mile run and am experiencing slight shin pain for some reason too. Maybe it’s just the physical stress of following an intense training regime. Anyway, I’m hoping the extra 10 hours will allow me to prepare myself both physically and mentally – I’m going to need every ounce of confidence to get through this workout tonight.
I also had a thought driving to work this morning – rather than hit the track for the 6x1200m, I’ll head to the local High School cross country course where the softer grass surface might be slightly stressful to my aching shins.
I’ll also need to focus on hydration as the day progresses – it’s going to be another day in the high 80’s. Oh for cooler temperatures 🙂 I’ll upload the workout to Motionbased later this evening and will be doing everything I can to make sure it’s a good one!