5 with Megan on the riv trail, 9:00 pace
Hopped on the TM to try out some tempo miles, 6:58, 6:53, 6:48, 6:44, 6:39. I wanted 6 my body was done at 5 so we comprimised and I pushed it out another half mile at 6:31 pace. 1.5 cd. This was definitely not easy for me as my speed is lacking right now. But I really want to expirement with some training and practice going from slow to fast and back to slow. As I really consider this ultra thing I want to kind of prove to myself that I can transition with pace and keep going no matter how fatigued I feel.
So I will take the hard/hard, easy/easy approach and see how it works for me. Meaning I'll really push my two workouts a week but the recovery days will probably be 9+ min pace with my sister. My feet can't really handle more than ~40-60 min at a fast pace. I'm obviously changing my gait or the way I land when I run fast...so it seems like a good year for me work on improving my speed and try my luck at an ultra. The way I see it I've basically 'accidently' already done the training so I may as well see it through and just run one. :) This coming from the girl that has always said she hates distance. Ha! Never say never!
I think I may be having another midlife crisis but I'm just going to roll with it. Phoenix full marathon on Feb 27th and then I'll add some miles and call it my last hoorah! Buffalo 50 on March 21st. I haven't registered yet but I think thats the plan ya'll.
Time to get on the trails!!!
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