07-06-2012, 09:59 PM
Hi The Ed
Quick update on progress so far:
Tuesday easy run of 60 mins - I went out with a group and in total the run ended up being around 75 minutes. The pace was slow and breathing and heart rate were fine, but my legs felt very heavy right from the start.
Thursday 3x2k - Did a warm up for 10 minutes and legs still felt heavy. After warm up, started the first 2k, got the pacing a bit wrong and went off way too fast and ended up at 5:05min per km and the first 2k clocked in at 10:10, rather than the 10:40 I was aiming for.
Legs felt very tired and I didn't think I was going to be able to complete the remaining 2k reps. Rather than waste the session completely I adjusted the distances (hope this is OK - didn't want to push myself too hard, but didn't want to give up completely). After a 2 minute rest I followed up the 2k, with a 1k rep, which I did in 5:22. I then took another rest and followed up with a 500m run at a pace of 4:55/km.
I was going to continue with some further 500's but legs by that stage were starting to tighten up so decided to jog back home again.
A bit of a shakey start, but it is all a learning curve and this is the first time I've ever really tried to a proper speed training programme.
Were do I go from here? - I guess rest tomorrow and then an easy 30 minute run on Saturday, and then the long run on Sunday?
Kind regards
Sal
Quick update on progress so far:
Tuesday easy run of 60 mins - I went out with a group and in total the run ended up being around 75 minutes. The pace was slow and breathing and heart rate were fine, but my legs felt very heavy right from the start.
Thursday 3x2k - Did a warm up for 10 minutes and legs still felt heavy. After warm up, started the first 2k, got the pacing a bit wrong and went off way too fast and ended up at 5:05min per km and the first 2k clocked in at 10:10, rather than the 10:40 I was aiming for.
Legs felt very tired and I didn't think I was going to be able to complete the remaining 2k reps. Rather than waste the session completely I adjusted the distances (hope this is OK - didn't want to push myself too hard, but didn't want to give up completely). After a 2 minute rest I followed up the 2k, with a 1k rep, which I did in 5:22. I then took another rest and followed up with a 500m run at a pace of 4:55/km.
I was going to continue with some further 500's but legs by that stage were starting to tighten up so decided to jog back home again.
A bit of a shakey start, but it is all a learning curve and this is the first time I've ever really tried to a proper speed training programme.
Were do I go from here? - I guess rest tomorrow and then an easy 30 minute run on Saturday, and then the long run on Sunday?
Kind regards
Sal