Today's run was supposed to be a 5 mile loop with fartleks. I started faster than I should have (about 9 min miles), and ran my intervals WAY too fast. By 2.5 miles my left side was one giant know and I couldn't breathe into my diaphragm. I tried to slow down to loosen everything up, and did, but then stupidly picked up the pace again and ran head first into cramp land.
I know what I did:
-failed to breathe properly b/c of stuffy nose
-started out way too fast
-"recovered" at way too fast a pace
I also know why I did it:
-I'm getting faster and want to go even faster. right. now.
-I don't want to plateau, but be faster every time.
-I'm pushing myself before I build up the strength I need to handle the speed I want.
So, I'll try again tomorrow, but I'll focus on:
-a slow, mile long warm up
-not running fartleks as fast as I can, but just picked up a bit from my normal pace
-concentrate on recovery. recovery is as important as the speed bursts.
There's no point in running fast for the first 30% of a run if you're dead the rest of the way back.
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