1 Week Down....17 More to Go!!

Well the 1st "official" week of training is complete and it was fairly successful. I did my first speed workout on Wednesday which consisted of running 1 minute at an elevated pace, then 3 minutes at a slow pace. I cycled through that 6 times. At this point I think the purpose is to just get my body used to changing paces, repeats, rest intervals, etc., so when I get to the real speed workouts Ill be ready. A 6 mile run on Friday and then an 8-miler early Sunday morning (0500 start time) rounded out the week. I can already tell I'm getting stronger even in the short time I've been training. 8 miles doesn't feel that much different from 6 miles I ran a couple of weeks ago. Now all that I have to do is keep at this for another 17 weeks.

1. Speed Workout - 6 x (1 minute fast, 3 slow) - AVG HR 169
2. 6.06 miles 54:00 - AVG HR - 179
3. 8 miles 1:16:11 - AVG HR - 165