My hamstrings were feeling much better today after an easy 6.5 mile run yesterday, and stretching and rolling later in the evening. This morning I headed out for 8 miles, and I decided after the first two that I felt good enough to do the Geetah 5K race against myself at the track.
I did not use the lap feature on my Garmin at the track, I only used the timer/chrono.
My results after running 12.5 laps: 21:45.
That's about a 7:00/mile pace. Not as fast as my recent 10K or 8K, but that's okay because I ran those in the midst of hard marathon training and right now I'm just base building. It gives me hope that I'll be faster this fall.
I finished with a 5 lap jog around the track and then a 3 mile run home. In all about 8.5 miles. Feeling good but tired. More stretching and rolling tonight.
I will do CrossFit tomorrow along with a recovery 6 mile run.
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7 comments:
Whoo hoo! Great job on the 5k! I think it's very difficult to push yourself as hard as you would in a race environment, so your speed defintely is extra impressive. Way to go!
You Crossfit folks are my heros. Those workouts look tough!
Great job, GB. That's a great performance for a workout in the middle of marathon training. You're going to break 20 minutes in a real 5K race before too long.
GB Said: More stretching and rolling
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ahhhh those are two GOOD words--lol
stretching and rolling.
Great workout, u are such a speedy Momma :-) send me some to FL please!
I would have to have a recovery run to recover from your recovery run.
Great Job on the 5k! You probably smoked everyone else and left them in the dust being that you're superwoman and all! =)
You do such great workouts!!
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