Usually the long run day says things like "Long Run. 17 miles easy." "Long Run. 12 miles easy." Today was not that day. Instead it read:
Hard Long Run
1 mile easy
10 miles at marathon pace + 10-20 sec/mile
1 mile easy
Goal marathon pace is 8:00 flat. So, I need 10 miles of 8:10-8:20s. When walking out the door, I looked at my husband and said I just don't think I can do this. It's day 1 of the 7th week of training and already marathon pace stuff for 10 miles....so much more intense than the last program He said "Just go."
I did.
Was a little too fast on a few of them actually. But overall did great. Fastest mile (2 of them) was 7:57, slowest was 8:20 on the dot, all the rest were in between. Boy, that 1 mile easy at the end felt terrible and great at the same time....wanted to be done but was SOOO glad the hard was over.
A hard long run for sure. I'm pooped.
Oh my goodness! That is tough! You are doing amazing!! I can't even think about pushing it like that. I have a time goal, but more importantly, just to finish the 26.2 miles.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up! Love reading about your progress!