Pleasant surprise!

kurshing

So, I strayed (for the first time) from my training plan yesterday.  It called for a 5k test, which I am going to do this weekend since I am having to shift around my workouts because of my wife's work schedule...but, instead, I did a regular HIM long-ish run.  I only had about 1:30 to workout, so, I thought I would do MOST of a RR run for my HIM on April to see how I stand in the way of fitness. 

I ran 3 at MP+30' (7:55-8:00/mile for me), then I ran until the 1:06 mark at z2 (7:30-ish).  I noticed that, as long as I stayed at 7:30 and NOT any faster, I didn't experience the lactic acid build-up - great discovery (because at 7:19/mile, I feel that happening).  So, I forced myself to stay at 7:30 until 1:06, then I turned home guessing I would have about 2.5 miles to go, and I let the reigns go to see what I had in me...knowing that Friday would be a complete day off...and Sat would be a swim and bike combo.

Man...RnP have it right!  I FORCED myself to run z3 for 5 minutes, and then I blew the freakin' doors off the run putting in 6:30-35 to the finish and feeling strong the whole way!  I know that isn't called for anywhere in the training program, but, I have never felt so ready for the run than I do now!  Heck yeah!  I am pumped to execute the plan now!

I hope everyone else has similar findings!

Steven Ford

Great Job, Doing fun stuff with your fitness is awesome. Make sure you take time to recover right from that effort.

absmom

Doesn't that feel awesome?! I felt like that last weekend at a 5 mile race...couldn't believe the people I was passing! It was almost as if I didn't believe RnP until it actually happened! Great work!

Coach Patrick

Awesome work...we can say whatever we want, you have to DO it. Thanks for trusting us with your training and for sharing the results!

DocHoffart

Stephen,

Makes me want to go run just reading your experience. Thanks for the share.

Vince