Moderate Workouts

With less than two weeks until the Half-Marathon, I'm just resting and doing what I can to make sure I feel good on race day. I seem to always feel good when I back off on the intensity of my workouts.... so today I decided to run 8 x (1200m hard / 400m easy). I averaged 4:54.2 for each 1200m with my fastest one being run in 4:46 and my slowest in 5:01. I averaged 2:24 for each 400m jog (this included some short standing around to get water on a few reps). I totaled 58:25.9 for 8 miles (7:18.2/mile) of continuous running. Good workout. The pace I was running, 6:32/mile did not feel difficult to maintain and the 400m jog recoveries was more than enough. It was a good workout for what I wanted it to accomplish. I expect to get a good easy week of 55-60 miles with 2 quality workouts.

I'm just hoping to stay healthy between now and January 17.