Last weekend my best friend Chris and I ran the Willow Glen 5k race. It was my first actual 5k RACE - I have always loved racing the longer distances so I completely ignored the 5k. Now I see it in a whole other light - they are TOUGH! I started out fast and did my best to just hang on!! I came in 5th place overall, which I was extremely happy of.....by mile 2 I was at 12 minutes and 19 seconds. I felt strong and fast, even thought the girl in front of me was an 8th grade girl from the local track team :) The fact that I am 41 now and I stayed with her the entire race made me feel really good!!
I have been focusing on my running a ton the past few months, and all the hard work I out in on the track shows when I out it to the test. Tuesdays are my short track days, Thursdays are my long track days and Sundays are either a time trial or a long run day. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are reserved for CrossFit only. This schedule has been working great and sometimes I do double days as well. Yesterday I did my long track day since this past week was hectic! Here's what I did:
3x 1000 meters
200 recovery
2x 800 meters
200 recovery
1x 400 meter
DONE :)
This was a brutal one!! Jesus...I have it to Chris and when he told me to kiss the track before walking on it because I was going to be suffering I thought...it can't be THAT bad.....but it was. and even worse!!
Give it a try and tell me what you think!!
3 comments:
Hey Shari,
It's been great to follow your blog for the past couple of years. It looks like this setup is classic CFE, yes? I'm a bigger guy, 6' 220 lb, but this setup is very close to what I want to do when I start up in June (studying for a test until then). You look more muscular now than in the past, do you think this is a result of your decreased total weekly mileage? Also, are you eating Paleo or Paleo Zone? I remember you used to be a pure zoner but not sure if you still are. Anyways, great job. You're an inspiration!
Thanks,
Mark
Hey Shari,
It's been great to follow your blog for the past couple of years. It looks like this setup is classic CFE, yes? I'm a bigger guy, 6' 220 lb, but this setup is very close to what I want to do when I start up in June (studying for a test until then). You look more muscular now than in the past, do you think this is a result of your decreased total weekly mileage? Also, are you eating Paleo or Paleo Zone? I remember you used to be a pure zoner but not sure if you still are. Anyways, great job. You're an inspiration!
Thanks,
Mark
Are you coming back to run this year? This year's Race is on on the same weekend. Though this time, we have Chip TIming and still the great Post -race Festival!
Willow Glen 5K Run - Walk
www.willowglen5k.org
info@willowglen5k.org
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