...and the only prescription is more running. See what I did there? On Tuesday, I completed W6D2 and I've got to say, it's hard to believe that was the last day of intervals. From here on out, with the exception of the warm up and cool down walks, I'll only be running. The thought of that is a little bit daunting but my confidence level is still pretty high so I'm not worried.
I almost didn't run the other night because of a wicked sinus headache that had me feeling pretty crappy. Typically it's nearly impossible for me to take a nap because I just can't sleep when it's light out once I've woken up. However, I ended up taking a brief nap after taking some Day-Quil and Aspirin. Once I got up I just said screw it and got ready to run. For this workout, I ran 10 minutes followed by a 3 minute walk and another 10 minute run.
I upped the pace for the first 10 minute run and managed to cover 1.17 miles which surprised me. The 3 minute walk came and went and it was time for the second 10 minute run. I covered a bit less distance in that run, just .9 miles, but I had eased off the original pace a tad so it was expected. I'm not going to lie, the distance in the first 10 minute run had me psyched. It may not sound like too big a deal but since one of my sub-goals for my first 5k is to finish it in 30 minutes or less I knew that would entail being capable of running a mile in under 10 minutes.
It's exciting to realize that's not something that's out of my reach. Although I don't think I'd be able to do it just yet, I think it's quite possible in 2 1/2 months when I take part in the race. As it is, I can cover 3.1 miles in about 34 minutes with just 20 minutes of actual running so I don't think my goals are as far off as they seemed when I started the program.
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