I Survived!

The first day of speedwork is done! Thank goodness. I can say that now that I've let several hours pass. It was a killer this morning. Just terrible!

Actually, it wasn't that bad. It was painful and at times it did suck, but really it wasn't that bad. We ended up doing 5 miles total - 3 miles at an up-tempo pace. The first mile was a nice warm up. The temperature outside was nice, there was a nice breeze blowing. It seemed like all would be fine. Then we hit mile two and we took off! I wasn't sure I was that "warmed up" by that point and was ready to be done right then! But I kept going. I reached mile three and I was still cruising. We went down a huge hill to our turnaround point and started back up. Uhg. I was ready to yak by the top of the hill. Fortunately, I got through that and hit mile four. I just kept going - at this point I knew I only had less than a mile to go at this speed. Finally, I reached the end of the speed distance and stopped, then took a nice stroll as I waited for everyone else to catch up. (Note: I was not the first to the stopping point...) We walked a little and then ran really easy into the gym. First week of speed - done.

As we finished, I told everyone I had "good news" and "good news" regarding next week's speedwork. The first good news was that we only had to run 2 miles at tempo during a 5 mile run. The second good news was that I wouldn't be there (VACATION!!!!!) so they wouldn't necessarily need to do that workout. Win, win!

Next up, an easy 5 and then a 10 miler on Saturday. Yeah, I think I've decided not to run the 5k and just do the full distance.