I blogged yesterday that I was going to use Wednesdays as my longer-middle-of-the-week-speedwork run - and that since I'm dead tired on Wednesday mornings due to running an Israeli Dance group on Tuesday nights, that I will be trying to get this workout in during my lunch break.
I could see that plan unraveling right before my eyes. Even though I put my run on my Outlook calendar (I'm busy at that time folks!), I managed to get triple booked at 11am. The meeting that was most important for me to attend was scheduled for a mere 30 minutes - and ended up lasting an hour and a half :-(
I ended up getting on the treadmill at the gym at 1:30pm. At least I made it.
However, I'm going to have to work on the pre-run nutrition aspect of things. I had my usual bowl of cereal with soy milk for breakfast, and then grabbed a Kashi bar at 10am for a snack. This would have been great if my run was at noon. I did eat a few pretzel rods that they had at the office (probably 100 calories worth) and then I had a GU before hitting the treadmill. So...I had some calories in my to burn - but not tons.
My plan for today - Yasso 800s. These are half-mile intervals that you do at the pace that equals the time in which you are aiming to finish your marathon.
I'm not gunning for a particular time yet, but I chose 4:40 - which would have me doing my intervals at a 9:20/mile pace. That seems sooooo slow for speedwork after the stuff I was doing last summer for the "fast 5K". However, it won't run me down - which has been concerning me lately.
I ended up feeling very good the entire run. Recoveries run at about an 11:00/mile pace and intervals at 6.5 mph (a 9:13/mile pace). My heart rate never went over 160 bpm. Perhaps I should add some incline next time???
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You should add an incline of 1% to better approximate outdoor conditions. (See this chart: http://www.hillrunner.com/training/tmillchart.php)
Running on a treadmill with no incline will deceive you into thinking you are hitting your pace. There is some debate about this in the running community, but the consensus seems to be that a 1% incline is the way to go.
I'll definitely keep this in mind for some of my other runs on the treadmill.
However, this workout is normally done at a track - I'm not sure if the 1% grade would be appropriate in this case...
It is. You are attempting to compensate for the lack of wind resistance you would normally encounter outdoors.
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