Monday + Speed + Solo = Yuck

I knew yesterday while riding that this morning speed work would not go well. I rode yesterday afternoon at about 4:30. I did the same loop Lana and I ran Friday for our long run and just added to it to get a total of 20.19 in 1:11:44. My legs were tired and I tried to push hard. I started stronger then I finished and at the end was just glad to be home.

This morning I woke up at 4:00 and didn’t fall back asleep until right before the alarm went off at 5:00. I hit snooze. I got up at 5:09 when the alarm went off again. I was moving slow and didn’t get out the door until almost 5:30. The plan called for 10-20 minute warm up, 5 x 1K with 400m rest, and a 10 minute cool down. Last night I decided to just run here in the neighborhood and programmed my Garmin with the correct distances. I didn’t even look at the plan to see my target pace so I was just going with how I felt. The warm up was 1.86 miles in 19:07, 10:19 pace. Then I started the 1K/400. They went like this:
1K-5:09
400 rest-4:25
1K-5:15
400 rest-4:12
1K-5:13
400 rest-4:26
1K-5:15
400 rest-4:30
1K-4:59
Cool down 0.98 in 10:12.
I missed target on every one of them. My legs felt like lead so I really don’t think I could have run them any faster this morning. Tomorrow is a cross training day and I really hoped to go for a 30 mile ride but I still don’t know if my legs are up for it.

Weather Update: My wetsuit came today therefore, temps will be on the rise here in middle Tennessee for the reminder of the week.

Marathon Update: I still haven’t picked my marathon. I tried really hard Saturday night to convince several of the girls that Vegas would be an awesome girls trip but I don’t think I got any takers.