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Location:

New York,NY,USA

Member Since:

Nov 19, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR = 18:47 (Winter 2014)

10K PR = 39:24 (Fall 2012)

13.1 PR = 1:31:24 (Spring 2014)

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:30 Half Marathon

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free.

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Fri, Feb 07, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.005.000.008.00

Tempo run before work this morning. 5 miles at 7:00 was the plan - I had hoped to do a few at 6:50. Had a good night's sleep. Not that many miles this week. Ate a good dinner - early last night.

But I could barely keep at 7:00. Splits were 7:09, and then four miles of 7:03. I thought I this would be easier. I was pretty much spent at the end.

Maybe I overestimated my fitness? Maybe it's just one of those days?

Mirage 3 (Pink) Miles: 8.00
Comments
From Penny on Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 20:53:35 from 61.14.100.193

Only just getting to review your training!

I dont think you're over-estimating your fitness. I can manage only 4 maaaaaaybe 5 (but never have before) miles at HM pace. It is a really uncomfortable pace to sustain that long. I prefer to do tempo intervals... like 2 x 3 miles or 3 x 2 miles as a test of fitness.

Another option if you want to do a "block" of tempo running, is to start a little slower (towards marahton pace) and work down to 10K pace, and average that. I think that better takes into account the warm up/groove progression of a race situation.

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