Last week we had the typical “End-of-January-and-the-snow-on-the-road-and-the-wind-chill-sucks” skeleton crew. The numbers are getting slim, but the hardcores are still with us. And don’t forget… Misery loves company.
Dan and I had a very specific plan last week regarding pace and distance. It could have been one of the most well-executed workouts we’ve done. Normally our pace is based on egos and how guys are feeling. Neither of which is really applicable to proper training. David (not Egan), Dan and I stayed together and in control. It felt good to systematically stay at about 6:20-6:25 pace during the intervals. (That is based on our Vdot- Look at the training plan to find yours… It’s important!) The best part of staying in control and cruising through a solid workout… I didn’t need until Friday to recover.
Today’s plan (after a thorough warmup) is to run 5 minutes Hard with 3 minutes of recovery jogging, to total 4 miles. With the paces we’ll be running, we’ll probably only have to do a little more than 4 Hard intervals. Each interval and recovery should be a little more than a mile total. 12:05pm today at the usual meetin’ spot.
