Today's prescribed workout was 1 and 1's. That's 1 minute at 5k race pace alternating with 1 minute of jogging. We did this for 16 minutes. I definitely ran faster than my 5k goal race pace. The first thing that made me feel really good about this workout was that I stayed with the group through 5 of the fast portions. I trailed off for the last 15 seconds of that 5th one and then I lost ground on the remaining jogs, but I only finished about 100 meters behind the pack. I made sure not to slow down much on the fast parts, but I definitely lost ground on the jogs. That's when everyone else has a good time talking to each other and I'm panting like a dog.
After the 16 minutes were up, I took another minute and a half to jog back to the track to get some water. Instead of finishing the workout with a mile cooldown, I started running around the track. I only had 1 mile planned in my head, but then I just kept going. I ended up running 3 miles after the main portion of the workout. That's the second thing about today's workout that made me feel really good. I started off around 10 minute pace and by the last mile, I was running at 8 minute pace. My legs were tired, but at the same time, I kept feeling stronger as I went and I think it was swelling up from confidence. I think this is all due to the longer runs that I've been doing on the weekends. Everyone told me it would help a lot, but I have to admit that I was skeptical. If I wasn't, I would have started doing them months ago.
Total miles including warmup and cooldown: 6.8 and feeling great!
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Nice job running faster than your 5k time!
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