Last Saturday I ran the New Prague 1/2 marathon, finishing in 2:10. I did the first mile in 8:18, and was under 34:00 minutes at 4 miles. My 5th mile was about 9 minutes, and that's when I "blew up". Years ago I could have easily held that pace, but not this year. I had to walk, and the rest of the run was at 10 and 11 minute mile pace (ouch!).
But....I kept telling myself it was good training, to have gone out too fast, and then be forced to keep going. I wanted to quit at mile 6, but still had 7 more miles to go! Hundreds of people passed me, as I shuffled along, wishing it was over.
This reinforces what I need to do. Up the intensity of workouts. I'd rather run 1 mile at 7:00 pace, than 10 miles at 9:30. So today at Bally's I ran fast mile, 1/2 mile, 1/4's on intervals. Once or twice a week I'll do intervals, and lots of steady tempo stuff. Then, hopefully, those 8:30 miles will come real easy. We'll see.....
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