No Train Wreck Please
At this point all there is to do is rest. I can not train any more or improve before Birmingham. I do not think I have put in the needed training. I will not tell this to the race. I could be alright, I could wind up in a train wreck.
I need to prepare mentally by positive imagery. I CAN go the distance, the question is how fast. Perhaps that should not matter. I almost define average in the marathon for my age. I mean I am 1 minute from the national average for all men my age who ran marathons last year. For a first one at Disney, that is not bad! I have heard it said that we should be careful not to Peak for each race. I feel like I peaked for Disney, so perhaps this should simply be a long training run.
We'll see. I am just happy today that I can run. So many can't.
Vaya Con DIos
posted by Curtai @ 5:47 AM
1 Comments:
You asked in my blog, but I'm afraid I'm not very knowledgeable on speed work myself. The schedule I’m following asked for 5x600m repetitions with 90 seconds recovery in-between. Intervals should always be run at your 5k race pace, which in my case is about 6:50 mins/mile. I figured that it takes 2:30 mins to cover 600 meters, and that’s how I run my intervals without having access to a track. Next week’s interval workout is 3x1000, and I’ll be running the speed intervals for 4:15 minutes each.
If you have access to a track, it would be a lot easier.
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