Training Log 04.03.08
I am still slugging away at the schedule.
I ran 5 miles on Tuesday, and 5 miles tonight. Tuesday I went pretty fast. I felt like I was pushing the pace, and in the end did not have a great time. Tonight however I ran how I felt. And it went well.
Strangely it was beautiful Tuesday night yet I made myself unhappy by going to fast. And tonight was cold and rainy and I had a great time.
Now, about this pace. I was attempting Tuesday to push the desired race pace for Lehigh Valley. I nailed the average pace right on the head. For me to run a 1:55 at Lehigh I need to run 8:46’s. I ran 8:42’s on Tuesday. It felt hard, it felt like I was pushing. This leads me to believe that it might not be the best idea in the world to go out at 8:45 for the half.
I don’t know, I’m not sure. If you have advice I’d love to hear it.
I am moving my long run to Saturday this week to accomodate Eric. He, Bill and myself are going to do 11 miles in Newville, should be a blast.
Tonights 1 mile splits: 9:42, 9:30, 9:42, 9:22, 9:29
Some Stats:
Distance: 5.00 Miles
Time: 47:47 (pace: 9:33)
Average Heart Rate: 148 bpm
Calories Burned: 712
Based *just* on your lap/HR data for Tuesday, it seems like it might be pushing it if you try to sustain that pace for 2.5x the distance (since you hit 180 BPM towards the end). But I don’t think that tells the whole story. Your long-run on Saturday was at a 9:25 pace and your HR was a nice low 142, indicating a pretty large effort reserve. I think if you can get in some more miles at 8:45 to feel comfortable with the pace you have a reasonable shot at 1:55 in 3 weeks.