Yesterday I flaked out on my run. I was honestly a little nervous about it and pushed it back and back until I convinced myself it was too late to go out. (It wasn't.)
Today was a different day. I put in a 5k at a PR 28:35. I wasn't expecting it, and it was fabulous. I was still nervous about running this morning, but I have a 10k in four weeks, so we're in the no-joke training stretch. With a week off last week, I was concerned that my muscles wouldn't remember how to push hard. I was wrong. I put in a 9:06 pace while trying to keep it slow.
Basically that means I'm getting faster. And I'm stoked about it. Maybe I can get to a sub-25 in 2014. That might be a bit ambitious, but I don't see why not. If it's only taken me a few months to knock almost five minutes off my time. If I am actually training for speed, it isn't completely unfathomable to get to an eight minute mile.
I still don't anticipate trying for half distance again. If anything that would be a 2015 goal. For now I'm happy running my shorter distances and working on my speed.
Today I also finished off Stage One of NROL. I still have two max out sessions, but the 16 initial sessions are in the books. And I'm glad because that rotation was getting tedious. The rest of the stages are only eight sessions each, which keeps things more interesting. I'm excited to learn some new strength training moves and getting an even better handle on lifting.
Tomorrow will be another run day. We'll see if I can keep the faster pace going. I think I'm officially sub-10 pace, which is awesome. Bodes well for 2014.
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