Change of Pace

Today was tough workout #2 of the random Runner's World 9-week half marathon training plan. Only I forgot to look at it before I headed out to the park so I couldn't remember the exact details of what I was supposed to do.

Turns out the scheduled workout was:

• 3 miles @ 6:30 pace
• 2 x 800 in 3:00 w/ 200 jog recovery
• 4 x 100 strides

• 3 miles in 19:10
• 3 x 800 in 3:04/3:04/3:01 with about 2 min. walking rest in between
• Total mileage with warm up, cool down, etc... 8.25 miles

The rest of the week is pretty chill with just easy mileage, a day off and a longish run of 13 miles. According to the schedule, next week looks exactly the same as this one, but instead I'm going to be engaging in a stupid week.

A stupid week is where you do dumb shit that puts you at risk of injury and most likely backfires so you end up with crap results instead of progress. Nonetheless, at some point I decided that all the elements that make up my stupid week seemed like good ideas individually, so now I'm faced with seven days containing three races, two track workouts, a long run and a college reunion. If I have any brains at all, something will have to give, but it remains to be seen if I do indeed have said brains, and if so, what it is that will give.