First, I want to thank you guys so much for the support and words of encouragement from my last post when I lamented on my recent struggles with running. I forget sometimes that there’s a lot of newness going on my life and with that there’s going to be adjusting and getting used to new routines. And my runs may suffer as a result.
A lot of you said that “bad” runs are usually followed by a good one and that’s exactly what happened yesterday.
I wasn’t even sure if I’d be able to do my usual Wednesday speed work session as my husband had been out of town the days prior and I wasn’t sure he’d be up to kid duty after a very long stressful couple of days of work and travel. But when he got home from work, he saw me still in myown work clothes and asked, “Aren’t you going to the track tonight?”
I love him.
I did a sprint upstairs to change and as I headed out the door he said, “Run fast!”
And I did! I have no idea how or what gave me the energy but I did. Maybe it was taking a couple of days off, maybe it was being so excited to get back out, I don’t know, but what happened was truly amazing.
Your eyes are not deceiving you–that is a 6!
The workout consisted of 1×1600, 2×800, and 4×400. During the first set, I was running with a run club buddy and trying to keep up. When we finished the first mile and moved to our quick recover, we high-fived and I decided I’d try and stay with him the rest of the workout.
It was tough but with his encouragement I was able to stay with him til the end.
I was pretty euphoric on the drive home and when I walked in and saw my husband I said, “You told me to run fast,” and showed him my time. 🙂
Happy Friday Eve friends!!
–Do you like speed work?
Nice work my friend! I was so bummed to miss the track last night…traffic was terrible after work. Boo! But yay to the end of the bad running week. Welcome back!!
Missed you but look forward to running with you soon! Training for Phx Marathon–woooohoooo!!!!!!
I love speed work! Congrats on the awesome run! !
Thank you!!
There you go! Glad that you got your legs back underneath you. Regression in order to achieve progression (see my post on it)–you are now sling-shotting forward!
Going now! 🙂
Way to go! Those times are amazing! So glad you had a good run 🙂
Thank you!!
Awesome!!! And I’m a big fan of speed work 🙂
No surprise there, Mr. McSpeedy! 🙂
Awesome run!!! Nothing better then having the support of your husband to push you forward/motivation….you’ve got some fast legs Helly!!!
Thank you!! ❤
Get it girl! Great job kicking butt on your speed workout!
I used to love speed work! Not so much lately, but once I get back in the groove of things, I’m sure it’ll come back. It’s funny – I hated track in high school, but as an adult, my favorite workouts are on the track 🙂
I’m the exact same! I hated track in high school and now I like it!
Woo hoo! That’s awesome! In the 6’s, congrats.
Thank you!!
Whew way to go chica! That’s a lot of speed work which is not my favorite. I know I need to add more of it into my schedule but I like taking my time better. Plus once I lose my breath it’s tough for me to get it back.
It took some getting used to but now I really like speed work. Especially since I can see that it’s helped me. I would like to work on my long runs. I struggle with those mentally
High five! Nice job there. These great training runs are such a nice confidence booster.
Definitely! And I needed one lol!
Thanks for the inspiration!! My last run was basically awful, and it has deterred me from getting back out there. Reading this really made me want to try again later today!
I’m glad it helped!! I was so disheartened after last week and reading about other’s successes and having a good run on Wednesday really helped. I hope you get in a good run soon!
Great job! Way to go for ending with such a speedy negative split 🙂 speed workouts aren’t my favorite… I would much rarher do a tempo or long run, but they’re a necessary evil haha and it feels good when you get those little surprises mixed in there and run faster than you had expected!
I don’t know if I have a favorite run lol! I”m trying to work on my long runs. I feel like that’s what I’ve been struggling with most mentally.
Yay congrats on running fast! I really need to start doing speed work, I have no idea how to do it but it looks like it helps people a lot!
There’s different speed workouts you could do. I think I have an old post with a couple of them. I’ll get back to you on it 🙂
Yay! Glad you had a good run in. Way to go on that six! I know I need to do a better job of making sure I get my speedwork in.
Thank you! It’s tough getting runs in sometimes, especially speed work if there’s not a track available. I have done speed work on a treadmill too though
WAY TO GO!!!! You are so fast!
I am not a big fan of speedwork at all. I view it as a necessary evil, although I do always feel like a total badass once the workout is done 🙂
Thanks Kristina! Speedwork is tough stuff but I def feel like a badass too when I’m done 🙂
Wow! Amazing job my friend!! I love the track, i have such a sense of accomplishment when I finish. I love pushing myself there.
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