Today's run was another encouraging endeavor. I am to a point in the training schedule that I am using where Tuesdays are "Quality" runs and Thursdays are "Tempo" runs. Since I am still in training for the "Climb the Carew Tower" event, I am incorporating stairs into my routines twice a week. So the "Quality" part of today's run focused on stairs and maintaining a running pace under my target marathon pace. I hit the YMCA this morning at 5:30am and it was around 20 degrees.
The run split out as follows:
0.25 mile warm up
5 flights of stairs
1.0 mile below target marathon pace
(repeat the 5 flights and 1.0 mile 3 more times)
5 flights of stairs
0.25 mile cool down
0.25 mile walk
This is the split I am using at least until after the climb event, alternating 5 flights of stairs with 1 mile of running. I was pleased that I was able to maintain a pace over 30 seconds below my target pace, and that my cool down was only 3 seconds below my warm up.
Well tomorrow is an "Easy" 4 mile day.
Take care everyone, be safe.
Phillippians 4:13
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