Pfirst Pfitz Tempo In The Books
Glad that’s over. :-)
I was doing my best not to fear today’s run (8 w/4 tempo) but was admittedly kinda nervous because, aside from strides, it’s the fastest I’ve run since my 10-mile race on May 4th, not to mention my mileage has been whacked drastically since then.
Additionally, looking at Pfitzinger’s schedule the other day, I realized that while some things seem easier to me (one hard run a week instead of the two I’d been doing), he adds a level of difficulty by padding those quality runs with some extra miles, so today’s run had 3 warmup miles instead of my usual 1 or 2. Pooh. I like to get rid of hard workouts as quickly as possible, but Pfitz would prefer us to suffer more. Oh well.
I aimed for the conservative side of the range, figuring 8:00 would be doable. Ended up with an 8:01 average, so I’m feeling good about it. This is my first hard workout in ages, so I’ll get back to my April tempo speed before too long, I’m sure.
Aside from the tempo run, I forgot to mention that on vacation, while running on a Holiday Inn Express treadmill and simultaneously admiring myself in the mirror, I realized that those comfortable sports bras I’ve got a zillion of are comfortable because they suck. My boobs were losing more calories than my body was, they were flapping around so much. So last night I finally weeded all offending undergarments from my drawer. It was an uplifting experience. Yuck yuck. Now on to Target to replenish my supply…
Tags: pfitz 18/55, tempo runs
June 24th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
This is going to be so much fun! I’m doing my first workout for the new training plan today…7 miles with 10×100 strides. I’m a-scared of the tempo runs too! You’re running 8’s for tempo? Wow, you are soooo good! I’m supposed to be running tempo at 8:20 or something like that. I’m not sure how I’m going to do that, because lately, 9’s have been comfortably hard. Emphasis on the hard, and less on the comfortably. ARGHH!
June 24th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
oh, as for sports bras? I bought a bunch of cheap ones at Wally-world and they were soooo comfortable. Until I worked up a good lather. Now, I have a gash under my boobage. OUCH! Get out the body glide, and go back to wearing the rubberized innertubes! And, I don’t even have anything worth jiggling, fer Chrissakes….
June 24th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Yay Pokey!! Strides are fun, have a good time with them today. I bet you’ll hit that 8:20 when necessary, and if not, you can always blame the heat (which is a real excuse, btw). But I’m betting on you getting the pace you desire.
Hahaha, beware sports bras that are overly comfy, there’s a reason, lol. I must say, I like the latest Champions at Target, they’re made better now and I can wear the smalls (which I should have been wearing before but the band was too tight).
June 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
OMG!!! What are the chances, a couple minutes after posting my comment, I was milling about CNN.com and found a link to this video “Sports Bra Saves Injured Hiker”. It’s Kismet!
June 24th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Good job on that training. Im going for a “casual” marathon training approach.
I knew you seemed smarter lately, I guess its because you stayed at a Holiday in express. All that flapping around must of been quite the sight. Well at least for the guys………..
June 24th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Lol, Bruce, luckily no one wanted to join me in the Holiday Inn “fitness closet” so it was purely private flapping.
So you’re going for the casual plan this time? I would expect nothing less from your prankster ass.
Here’s to a casual PR in your future!