Making Left Hand Turns

January is the speed cycle in my training. Goal is to get some speed before cycling into marathon work by mid-February. So far so good.

I've run 3 hard workouts indoors, along with a set of tempo intervals on the outdoor. The results have been encouraging. First was 3x2k indoors. They were 6:27s, and felt good. I ran outside with 6xMile in 5:30 on short rest, followed by 4x200 (33s). Then mile reps in 5:05-5:08 (4xMile) indoors. Last was tonight going 6x1200 in 3:45-3:52. I struggled with 3, 4, and 5 before rallying on the 6th.

Speed work is the great unknown for marathoners. You know you need it, but really don't do it enough to know how far into the well you can go. The thought of running 6 sets of 75-76 second per 400is daunting when you rarely do it. The doubt crept in after rep 2 tonight- how  I going to do this?!

Ultimately it's left hand turns. You focus on the person in front of you, and I'm fortunate to have a great club with people to run with. Zone in and hang as long as you can- hopefully through the line.

Next race: 5k in February. Gotta get fast.