♫ I’m BAAAAAAAAACK! I’m Back in the Saddle Again! ♫
When I got today’s tempo workout from John last night, I knew he was setting me up for success, and figured I would feel better than I did during my tempo workout last Monday. However, I had no idea I would feel FANTASTIC! Last week was tough with an abysmal workout on Monday and a crash and burn during my long run on Saturday. All of that left me feeling a bit nervous for the effort this morning.
Here’s what was on the schedule…
- 30-minutes easy pace
- 6 x 4 min at 6:50 to 7:00 pace with 90 second active recovery
- 30-minutes easy pace
In addition to this being a shorter and slower workout than last week, we also got a little break in the temperatures this morning. All of this added up to getting a little bit of my confidence back.
Nathan and I again met at the Edwin Warner Park Nature Center, and completed our first 30 minutes at a very chill 8:46 pace. We started the tempo repeats on the Harpeth River Greenway, and I felt like myself again. With every interval the biggest thing I had to fight was going too fast. Honestly, this was a battle that I lost on all but two of the six repeats (just barely). My legs and energy felt great from the first interval to the last. Also, since this is my schedule and not Nathan’s, he is not restricted to running my pace, and frequently put a little distance on me during the repeats. As I’ve said before, he is running stronger right now than I’ve ever seen him run.
Once we finished the intervals, my legs still had a bit of jump in them, and it was hard to get geared down during the final 30 minutes. Because of that we ended up with a 7:50 pace for the last segment, but this felt extremely comfortable.
In total we ran just over 93 minutes and completed 11.83-miles at an average pace of 7:54 per mile. Glad to be back in saddle again!
Beast Mode…ON!