The time to move on to the race programs have finally come. How I have longed for something tougher to dig into 😉
At first I thought there was no meaning running at work today, because of the slippery surface. But I also noticed that the ice had totally disappeared at some spots – especially where the sun reached during most of the day. So I took a chance and went out on the first day of the sub 40 10k program.
TheEd has adviced me to start out slow and do the 2k interval sessions at pace 4:10 the first 3-week round. As you might know my goal for this year is a 10k at sub 37 minutes. TheEd believes it to be possible. For those who hasn’t followed my earlier posting I started running in mid 2009, managed to do two 10k races at sub 40 and a half marathon at 1:40. So now next steps feels like a 10k sub 37 and I will really do everything to make – in fact my mind is quite set up when it comes to that 😉
The run today felt nice and much faster than usual. By now I’m used to running the easy runs at a heart rate around 130, but today I tried only to keep it below 140, which felt like quite a difference, but still it didn’t feel very hard on the legs. It was a nice run with loads of energy flowing!
In the evening I also did a session of the Bodyweight 500 workout.
Detailed Garmin data
Day 1, 1st sub 40 10k round
60 to 70min easy distance
Lap |
Distance |
Time |
Avg Pace |
Avg HR |
Max HR |
Avg Cadence |
1 |
12.68 |
1:08:45 |
5:25 |
138 |
150 |
90 |