Hot workout at the track

Tonight was another hot one. It was my first night at the track since my marathon. It was nice to be running a somewhat structured run again tonight. The workout was 70 minutes total with 10 x 1 min @ faster than 5k pace and 1 min easy.

The heat was what it was. It made it harder to keep the pace consistent. Overall the intervals turned out to be faster than I needed which was interesting. I needed to run about 3:45 pace. My results showed that I ran between 3:19 and 3:35. There was also a bit of feeling out the pace which accounts for some of the large range. Part of this was also just figuring out if there was a comfortable pace in the heat.

I felt pretty good for about 6 or 7 of the 10. The last 3 were a little tougher. I was glad to only have to do 10 tonight. In the spring I was routinely doing 15 sets of this type of workout.

In the end, I’m glad I ran in the heat. I felt happy to be finished but not absolutely trashed. Interesting that I felt better tonight than last night’s group run. I think it’s easier when you’re in control of what you’re doing. Last night was a bit more about what the group wanted to run.

Tomorrow is a day off. I’ll want to stay active but I want to ensure that a) I get enough sleep and b) I get the recovery I need going into the weekend.

One last comment. The location of Immaculta High School track is pretty good. It has easy access to the Canal for warm-up and cool-down. The track itself is in okay shape; not perfect but okay. And its reasonably close to home.