I'm happy to report that the first strength run did not go like the first speed workout -- if you remember I quit halfway through. Today's 6x1mile with 400 recovery went better than I could have hoped when I woke up. Dreading another Monday on the treadmill and having flashbacks to my failure on the machine last Thursday, I was determined to complete the whole workout on one machine.
The goal of the strength workout is to go 10 seconds faster than marathon pace (MP) for an extended period of time - longer intervals than the speed workouts. Thus, we know I am aiming for a 8:00 MP, meaning my pace for today's 6x1 mile was 7:50. The closest I could get on the treadmill was 7.6, or a 7:53 minutes per mile. I successfully completed all 6 intervals at the 7:53 pace! There isn't much more to say because I was so happy (as evident by the picture). It ended up being 9.5 miles total, which took 82:47minutes or 1:22.47 to complete and I can't complain. It was a really great training day and I'm excited to have off tomorrow! We will again have a crack at the tempo run on Wednesday!
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