3.21 8 miles on treadmill at 2% incline in 61 minutes.
3.22 2 miles warm up. 4 by 800's with 200 recovery jogs on treadmill at 2% incline, then 4 by 400 on treadmill at 3% incline with 100 recovery jog. Splits were 2:31, 2:31, 2:30, 2:30; 75, 74, 74, 74. 2.25 cool down. Outside track equivalent would equal 2:29, 2:29, 2:28, 2:28; 71, 72, 71, 71. 8 miles total.
I felt like crap and threw the 400's on there to make this a semi-passable workout.
3.23 15 miles on treadmill at 2% incline in 95:54, which equates to 93:24 and 6:13 equivalent pace. This was a great progression run. I started out at 6:52 pace and worked it down consistently to my last mile at 5:48, which is about 5:41 on a track. I did my last 3 miles in 18:01 on the treadmill and my last 5 in 30:30, which equates to about 6 minute pace on a track.
I felt great and could have gone longer. To put this into perspective, I did a 15 miler last June or somthing in 108 minutes and thought I was going to die--lol.
I felt much better than yesterday. Yesterday was just an offday. This was my longest run in a very long time--probably since last August.
3.24 8 miles on treadmill at 2% incline in 54:30.
3.25 10 miles (AM) treadmill at 2% incline in 65:54. I started out slow and worked my way down to 5:40. I felt very good, but this was not really a progression run. 4 miles outside in afternoon in 27:34.
3.26 5 miles AM outside in 35 minutes. 8 miles PM outside in 57 minutes.
3.27 2 miles warm up. 8 by 800's with 60 seconds rest on treadmill at 2% incline. 2:31, 2:31, 2:31, 2:29, 2:29, 2:29, 2:29, 2:29. This works out to 2:29, 2:29, 2:29, 2:27, 2:27, 2:27, 2:27, 2:27. 2 miles cool down. I would have done more reps, but I was running out of time. 8 miles total.
74 miles total for the week with one crappy speed workout, one decent one, and a nice 15 mile progression run. Not a bad week at all I dont think.
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That's a nice long progression run! I'm not sure I could handle 15 on the mill. 12 is about my limit!
ReplyDeleteYeah--I was pissed about the previous day's crap workout so I was determined! It is apparent I have gained endurance, but probably lost a little bit of speed.
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