i normally run around a 10:00 per mile pace... when we go out on our long runs i slow it down to around 10:40, maybe 11:00 with doing the 10:1 walk/run.
today we were scheduled to run just 5 miles (that would be 8 kms or so..). i'm still learning all the technical jargon for what it is we're doing... tempo runs, negative splits... stuff like that.
today we were to do a tempo run, which essentially means do a bit of a warm up run, then run a few miles at a pace that is faster than is comfortable, and then do a bit of a cool down at a slower pace to finish (i think)... so, i ran the first 2 miles at my usual 10 mile pace, and then just kept speeding up the treadmill until i was running (fairly comfortably!) at an 8:40 pace.
i ran 2 miles in 18 minutes :)
oh yes, it's true... the new orange shoes make me run as though my feet were on fire.
now, i'm knackered. but i feel good...
let's hope that is how i feel after our 20 mile (32 km) run on Saturday morning
Woo Hoo, *shakes pom poms*
ReplyDeleteYou're hot hot hot myfriend lol!!