As promised, I set out to do 4 miles at my Tempo pace, adding 1 mile to my amount from last week. I'm happy to report that I was successful. After my mile warmup, I ran 4 miles in 30:32 which gives an average pace of about 7:38. If I were to keep that up for another .97 miles, that would give me a 37:56 8k, which is right about at my goal. I now have no doubt in my mind that I can accomplish my goal of 38:00, and might even be closer to 37:30. I'm especially optimistic considering this came 2 days after running 15 miles. It was by no means a walk in the park, and I was damn near tapped at the end, but with more rest beforehand and 3 more weeks of training left, I feel pretty good about where I'm at. I'm excited to blow away my previous 8k time of 44:32.
Workout Details
All said and done, today I ran 6.4 miles in 56:55. I walked for 4 minutes after the fast 4 miles, and then I tried to jog the rest of the way home but was bothered by a pretty bad side-ache for the rest of the way home. I tried walking until it went away, but it would come back within 30 seconds of jogging. Oh well, I got the important part of the workout done before that affected me, so I can't complain.
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