Thought I could use some sort of workout, and not wanting to do run at the track today, decided to do a farlek. Wanted to run around 40 mins total, so kind of made this up on the fly.
Warm up: 8 mins
Fartlek: 5mins hard, 2min rest, 5mins hard, 2min rest, 6min hard, 2min rest, 6min hard
Cool down: 6 mins
Total: 42 mins
Distance for total: (per mapmyrun.com) 6 miles
Pace for total run: 7:00
I didn't feel weak or tired, so this was pretty good. Wasn't the "snappiest" run I've had in recent memory, but it was a solid showing. Felt that I was able to maintain pace for all 4 hard segments, and a testament to that is me throwing on an extra minute of "hard" on the last two sets.
Also, yesterday I signed up for the 2011 Charlotte Grand Prix Series. It's 11 road races throughout the year, comprised MOSTLY of 5ks. I know I will miss one race right off the bat, but I'm planning on doing all the rest. I gave this some thought, and feel like I'm motivated to see it through for the year. The competitive juices are sure to be flowing as I try and stay (or get to) high in the standings. I don't really know what to expect, but I'm excited to have a plan to stay in good shape all year. This will serve me well as I go into 2012 when I race the Boston Marathon. On top of the GPX, I will probably do Thunder Road marathon again this year. The Series will keep me out of marathon prospects until Novemeber....which is fine by me. Can't wait to see how all these shorter races go!
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