Speedy Six

One of my goals recently has been to make sure I work some speedwork sessions into my runs. This has been tough lately, but I found that doing it on the treadmill is easiest.

I headed to the gym today with a planned 5.0 miles and to work a few quick miles in there during the run. My plan for today’s run looked like this:

8×400 at 5K pace (which for me right is 8:41/mile).
Now, I wasn’t sure if this meant 2.0 miles non stop or with a recovery in between each 400m repeat so I just made something up and my workout looked like this.

Mile 1 Warm Up – 9:30
Mile 2 – 8:41
Mile 3 Recovery – 9:22
Mile 4 – 8:41
Mile 5 Recovery – 9:22
Mile 6 Cool down – 9:30

Total 6.0 miles in 56:40.

I was just going to run 5.0 miles and call it a night but I felt so good at the end of five I just kept going, and that never happens so I took advantage of it! I want to share what I had a few hours before I ran, because usually whatever I eat during the day makes my stomach hurt when I run more than four miles after work. We got these granola bars in our Healthy Living Summit swag bags:

It tasted really good and it didn’t bother my stomach at all! Win.

And this is how I refueled after the run…some sunchips and a half of a Blue Point Blueberry, because that’s how I roll. Actually, I was just starving after my run and too impatient to wait for dinner to be done.

Right now I’m making pizza dough because I’m trying to recreate a pizza for dinner I had at the Healthy Living Summit cocktail party last weekend. Stay tuned to see how it comes out!