Serious about Speed

I have 53 seconds to cut off my Akron Half Marathon PR, and it’s time to do the hard stuff.

ARGH!! Those 53 seconds have to go!

You may or may not know that Akron is my big PR race of the year. It was the reason why I started running in the first place. I wrote all last summer about my desire to run a sub-2 hour half marathon, and I came SO CLOSE. This year I will nail that sucker.

Time to get serious, Peeps.

On Wednesday I started up my track workouts. I wasn’t looking forward to this, but I know that a concerted effort at speed work really pays off during the race. Unfortunately, my coach isn’t offering a training program this year, so I have to figure out something that works. Right now I’m just winging it. I started with ladder drills: 400, 800, 1200, 800, 400. I warmed up for about 1.5 miles, gossiping with my peeps, and then I got to work.

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