Last night was the third week of speed work and it went well! I've been frightened of speed work for quite some time and so far the last three weeks of it have been very satisfying. So here it is:
1 mile warmup
1 mile w/ 1:00 pickups, 1:00 jog
1 mile w/ 1:00 pickups, 45 second jog
1/2 cooldown
The first couple of pickups are always a little iffy and I feel tired, but then my legs adjust and I just fly...or at least I think I do. I wear the garmin mainly for distance, but when I do the speed work I like to know how fast I'm going. And it's always off! I was flying last night and it said I was running a 10:10 pace. I think it takes a while for the GPS to adjust so by the time it does adjust I've already slowed down. Who knows!
I have more to write, but I'm tired and need to grade AP essays. Maybe tomorrow!!
Happy running!
Yes! I also think it takes the Garman some time to catch up to your actual pace - maybe it's not so instantaneous....
ReplyDeleteWay to go with 3 weeks of speed work!