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7/31/2012

6:36 AM

10 mi

55:04.63

5:31 mi

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Dewpoint 72.

Plan was 10 miles of alternating halves of 2:40/2:50. Based on where I am in training, I was hoping to run the recovery times, but the focus is on the "fast" portion.

Started getting a little tired after three fast portions, so the recovery slowed down. Felt good for a while and was in the zone but my 9th fast one was tough, my recovery jog was really slow and I struggled some on the last fast interval. The heat definitely played an effect the second half and overall, it was a decent workout. I feel like the tools are there, but they just aren't put together yet. My speed is a little better than I thought but my gas tank needs some work. Because I beat my fast time by so much, next time, I will probably keep the fast portion the same and work on speeding up the recovery jog.

ran 26:08/28:46 for my overall times, which is 5:13/5:45 average. Looks like I ran everywhere but the road.

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TRC

What is purpose of this? Looks like alternating between AT/ marathon pace and 90% MP (medium).

TRC

Just improving Aerobic Threshold?

runwietecha

I was hoping to average around MP pace for the whole thing (5:30ish with my current fitness and in the heat). I ran in between HMP and MP on the fast portions and was hoping for a bit slower than MP on the jogs. This far out, I don't care so much about the speed of the recovery jog, because my focus is on getting faster over the shorter stuff right now. When I get closer to the marathon, I'll try to maintain or even slightly slow down the fast portions, but speed up on the recovery jogs.

TRC

Thanks! Looks like you nailed it.