I have a love-hate relationship with our Monday workouts (speed training and tempo runs). What I hate about them is that they are by far our hardest workout. What I love about them is that they are by far our hardest workout.
The High Points:
- The competitive part of me loves that we are working 3x as hard as anyone else we see on the greenbelt (or at least twice as hard . . . or one and a half times as hard . . . well anyway, harder).
- I am hopeful that pushing my body when it feels tired and sore on a Monday run will come in handy during the last part of the marathon.
- I love that I improve a little each week.
- I love that I don’t have to do it alone—I wouldn’t do it as fast, it wouldn’t be as bearable, and I think the cool down would be sort of depressing or something (it’s fun to have someone to talk to about how awesome we did when we are cooling down).
The High Points:
- The competitive part of me loves that we are working 3x as hard as anyone else we see on the greenbelt (or at least twice as hard . . . or one and a half times as hard . . . well anyway, harder).
- I am hopeful that pushing my body when it feels tired and sore on a Monday run will come in handy during the last part of the marathon.
- I love that I improve a little each week.
- I love that I don’t have to do it alone—I wouldn’t do it as fast, it wouldn’t be as bearable, and I think the cool down would be sort of depressing or something (it’s fun to have someone to talk to about how awesome we did when we are cooling down).
2 comments:
I am really starting to dread that we are making Thursdays into a hill run. I think that might be as bad or worse than Mondays. I can't take TWO Mondays in one week!
I think your hill runs are a great idea...if I can get up at 5:00 a.m....we'll see. Hill runs suck because they are hard but when I was doing a lot of hills when I was fighting fires I found that my time on flat runs increased at a faster pace then it was with speed training. So the benefits will definitely be worth it...if you can get up at 5:00 a.m.
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