Staycation
This entry was posted on 7/16/2011 2:16 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
Yesterday after work I went home and gathered my things for a weekend of dog-sitting in Sea Girt. Couldn't ask for a better weekend, the weather is awesome. Nothing better than doing an easy 5 miler on the boards after work.
This morning I was up fairly early and it was nice out. Not too hot and low humidity. But since I didn't get going early enough for the boardwalk, I headed over to the bike trail for my workout. After a two mile warm up, I cranked it down to about 6:20 for 3 miles (19:06) then directly into 8 x 100/100 sprints, then back into another 3 miles @ 6:20 (19:03) followed by another set of 8 x 100/100. This workout was was not supposed to be a killer but is meant to give a feel for surging in the middle of a hard run, then also finishing strong. I had intended to run closer to 6:30 pace, but the rhythm I fell into just felt right. And since the second one was slightly faster than the first without exerting extra effort, I think I paced it just right. Another 2 miles home then a dip in the pool! Total time for 12 was about 1:23.
