03-11-2013, 07:58 PM
Hi TheEd,
Thanks for following up. I ended up doing the 5k paced run on Friday in 21:58. It felt fairly good. I took Sat as a rest day and then today(Sunday) I ran for 80 min. I got carried away because I was running with a group. I kept it easy and I figured it would be ok since I am used to doing longer runs. I plan on doing 30-40 min easy tomorrow then for Tuesday I am not sure if I should do 3 x 5 min or the 400s?
I have a 5k race on Saturday.
Becky
PS a couple of things I have discovered while going through the cycles of this program:
1. Taking Saturday off (the day before my long run) helps with the quality of the run.
2. I can run 40 min easy on days which call for 30 min without affecting the recovery.
Thanks for following up. I ended up doing the 5k paced run on Friday in 21:58. It felt fairly good. I took Sat as a rest day and then today(Sunday) I ran for 80 min. I got carried away because I was running with a group. I kept it easy and I figured it would be ok since I am used to doing longer runs. I plan on doing 30-40 min easy tomorrow then for Tuesday I am not sure if I should do 3 x 5 min or the 400s?
I have a 5k race on Saturday.
Becky
PS a couple of things I have discovered while going through the cycles of this program:
1. Taking Saturday off (the day before my long run) helps with the quality of the run.
2. I can run 40 min easy on days which call for 30 min without affecting the recovery.