Liar

Remember when I said I was getting a break from the high-intensity running for a while? Well, my pants (or my running shorts) should be smoking about now. Given that I'm finally getting some good speed again, and given that I'm cutting down the frequency, and given that I need to keep and/or build my legs for some races at the end of the season, I decided to keep things going. I'm hybridizing (or bastardizing) the Daniels' Blue plan, still avoiding the R pace work, but going after the T and I sessions. So tonight was more I running, at my new VDOT.

It's a bit of a step from the end of the Red plan to the start of Blue. I finished the last block doing a workout with a total of 16 minutes at I pace, and tonight I had 20. And things only go up from here. There were pretty generous breaks (and extra time for me between reps 2 and 3, due to nature's call), but I was in a dogfight during the last rep. That's probably a good thing. At least I know that if I can cruise this workout in a few weeks, then I've definitely made some serious improvement.

Run: 2.5 miles, ez

Run: 56 minutes, w/4x5 minutes @ 10.0 mph, 4 minutes @ 7.4 mph