Showing posts with label tempo runs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tempo runs. Show all posts

Thursday, January 15, 2009

ooops! ... and, yay!!!

So, today was a tempo run day.

A classic tempo run is, apparently, a sustained, comfortably hard effort for two to four miles. And it is designed to teach the body to use oxygen for metabolism more efficiently.

So off I went, at a comfortably hard rate... only problem is, my mind started to wander and I forgot to stop running when I reached the end of the four miles scheduled for today. On I ran for another mile.

And, get this. I ran 5 miles (little over 8 kms) in 53 mins. I feel pretty good about that.



Note to Mummer & EJ... Cheetah! Cheetah! Cheetah!
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