22M am crescendo run at 6.45-5.45-5.20 (1st-2nd-3rd thirds)
I keep behaving like an idiot at the beginning of my long runs at the moment. I'm in the best shape I've ever been, and over recent weeks I've run the best long runs I've ever managed. But I still keep heading out feeling like rubbish and thinking that that means I can't pick up the pace and really nail the session.
Today followed the same pattern. The first seven and a bit miles were heavy legged and 6.45 pace felt like 6.15 usually does. The beginning of the middle segment (which I wanted to run at around 6.00 pace) was a bit of an effort, but once I settled in to a rhythm I found that I was feeling happier at 5.45 pace than I had at the rest of the run.
I ended up running the third segment at 5.20ish (5.19 for the first half of it and then slower but at equal effort up through the traffic home).
My little legs are now full of scrambled eggs and homemade sourdough.
A good use of holiday!?
I keep behaving like an idiot at the beginning of my long runs at the moment. I'm in the best shape I've ever been, and over recent weeks I've run the best long runs I've ever managed. But I still keep heading out feeling like rubbish and thinking that that means I can't pick up the pace and really nail the session.
Today followed the same pattern. The first seven and a bit miles were heavy legged and 6.45 pace felt like 6.15 usually does. The beginning of the middle segment (which I wanted to run at around 6.00 pace) was a bit of an effort, but once I settled in to a rhythm I found that I was feeling happier at 5.45 pace than I had at the rest of the run.
I ended up running the third segment at 5.20ish (5.19 for the first half of it and then slower but at equal effort up through the traffic home).
My little legs are now full of scrambled eggs and homemade sourdough.
A good use of holiday!?
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