Wednesday, November 15, 2006

New training tool

I've decided to be more diligent about logging my workouts, and what better way to do so than by turning to the ol' blog? Basically, I'm talking nutrition, weather conditions, pace, cognitive process... just anything and everything to do w/ the, and that 'the' I mean 'my,' running experience. That said, most will be bored to tears, which is fine.

Scheduled workout: 5-mi tempo [1 easy/warmup mi, 3 8:00 mi, 1 easy/cooldown mi]
Route: To Prospect Park, once around, back home
Pre-run snack: Handful of Cheez-Its, 1 slice whole-grain bread w/ peanut butter
Weather: 58 degrees, cloudy, no wind
Real workout: 9:30, 7:10, 7:50, 8:00, 9:00, respectively
Comments: A smidge apprehensive going into this run, as I haven't done much by way of speedwork in prep for January marathon. Felt good early on, although got tired (breathing labored) soon into mile 2. Knew 2 was going to be fast (nice long downhill here), but not 7:10-fast. Clearly not a pace I can maintain for long, judging by miles 3 & 4. Fun to test my capabilities, though. Next time I'll shoot for 7:45ish per--consistency. Mile 4 meant one long uphill, and although I definitely slowed, I was willing to push/had plenty left. Thought entertained: Think how much harder will be mile 25 come January 14... Actually worked. :) Overall, thought process was internal/external associative--not surprising for a tempo.
Looking ahead: Figure it's worthwhile to squeeze a month or so of speedwork in: a tempo run each week plus more MP (marathon pace) work, the latter not speedwork per se, but a step up from the 8:40ish pace I think I've generally been running (before Garmy entered my world, had to estimate). I also want to eat better (I used to practice excellent nutrition! what the hell happened? cupcakes & pizza, that's what), and although I get enough fruits/veggies, I need to cut (way) back on the simple sugars in favor of the complex stuff. More water, too. Never enough water...

Posted by princess kanomanom @ 1:08 PM