11.22 miles - am
Speedwork? What is that?
Yesterday, my friend Kris asked if I wanted to do some speedwork. Before his email, I had originally planned on something long & slow. Then I thought about how it would be nice to run with another like minded human as I typically fly solo on my runs. I agreed and we met up at the bottom of the hill exiting my neighborhood. Kris had already marked out the distances on River St., as all the tracks in our area are covered in snow.
Kris is faster than me and I pictured myself watching his back the whole workout or needing to sit out an interval or two due to my total lack of speed training. After a slow warm up, we started some strides. I think we did about six total. Then we ran a mile and finished in 5:53. We then started our 800 intervals with two minutes of jogging between...... 4 total ranging from 3:00 - 2:51. Next up we ran four 400 intervals with a bit shorter jog between. To wrap things up we warmed down with about a 2 mile jog. Kris will send me the data on this session, as I only had my Garmin recording total mileage.
All in all, a very enjoyable workout. I didn't feel stressed or out of my element at all, and even felt myself pulling away from Kris at times. As we parted ways, he told me that I kicked his butt on that workout. (Happy? Just a little ;)) It was amazing to me how the miles racked up & how enjoyable this workout was. Hello Speedwork...... maybe you & I will meet again.
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