I haven't run a short race (5K to 10K) well since 2004. I was looking at my training log from that year and noticed I did a pretty fast tempo run every Tuesday morning for several weeks. I'm going to try that again. Tuesday morning's tempo run was a little better. I ran a mile in my neighborhood and then my "Dow Course", for 5¾ miles total. There's a split at 2 miles on the Dow Course. Yesterday the splits were 13:13 and 12:50. That's a little better than the 13:32 and 13:13 from two weeks ago. But I have to work harder to get to where I was in 2004 when I was consistently running splits in the 12:40s. It was a very nice morning: 48°F, no wind, and plenty of light from the half moon.
The Surfside Marathon this Saturday has already reached its cap, so I won't be running the half. I'm still not sure if I'll volunteer at the local Surfside race or drive up to Houston and run the Park to Park 5-Miler. I want to support the local race but I also would like to help out the Tornados with the HARRA Spring Series.
Looking back - April 1999
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2 comments:
Nuke, those are some great splits. Good tempo run!!! Thanks for answering my question regarding higher mileage. After Boston I'm going to go to a higher mileage training plan. I'd like to break 3:30 sometime this year! Breaking 3:25 would even be better.
Hey Nuke, thanks for visiting my blog! The recovery time between the .63 loops was 2-1/2 minutes of brisk walking. I'll tell ya' I really like running speedwork on streets rather than the track, but I can't wait to get back to the track to see what my improvements are there. Hopefully better!
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