Tuesdays Are Brutal
August 10, 2010
Well, I haven’t been keeping up with the blogging here. Yes, I am stating the obvious. I really the situation weren’t so. I’ll aim to do better.
I’m currently into week 3 of my 10K training. It’s been great, but as the title of this post says, Tuesdays truly are brutal, especially in this heat/humidity. Seems like this Tuesday and last Tuesday were particularly awful, weather-wise. Still, I did not let it hinder me, and both Tuesdays I made it through the entire training schedule for these days. Awesome.
In this training schedule, Tuesdays are dedicated to track work, essentially running intervals. This week and last it encompasses running 4x800s with light jogging 1x400 in between. Well, I’m not to the point where I can “lightly jog” the 1x400, so I walk it. No worries, it works for me.
In the end, I run close to 5 miles (2 miles [800s] + 1 mile [400s] +~1.6 miles [to and from the track]). It takes me about an hour to complete.
I’m not fond of the track, but it’s a very useful tool. I do miss running those hills I did the first week. That was very cool.
These intervals do help in my other runs during the week, for sure. Plus, it sort of breaks up any kind of monotony that might develop.
Next run: Thursday, 3 miles.
Onward!
