Race Week Approaches

As race week approaches, I find myself with just a few minutes to write my blog and summarize my training. I have found little time to write these days. Plus one of my top readers is out of town and unplugged from the Internet so there is slightly less incentive to detail my daily workouts. He likes all the details so I keep that in mind when I write. Not that I don't appreciate everyone else who reads my blog but AQ is also a top commenter so I know what kinds of details he likes to read.

Earlier tonight I completed my last hard workout before the race. I completed a 2X800, 5X400 speed workout at the track. You can see the details of that workout at the bottom of this posting.
The rest of my workouts will be easy runs with the exception of one last tempo run that I will do next Tuesday. While that last tempo run will be harder than my easy runs, it is only 30 minutes so it should really not be that difficult.

My final run will be next Wednesday evening. Also this weekend I will take it relatively easy although I do need to go preview the bike and run course for the race I am doing the weekend after the 10K. Plus I plan to swim as I have been on the weekends and at class on Wednesday mornings before work.

When I started my training plan this January, I had started doing some early morning workouts but that fell by the wayside. It turns out that I needed more time in the morning to prepare all my food. I have gotten in the habit of bringing healthy lunches to work with me and eating a healthy breakfast. Preparing all this food takes time and has eaten into the time that I had reserved for training. But for me, eating right is a very important component of my training as is getting the proper rest.

As the race approaches, I am feeling pretty confident that if I have a great race, I can run a 43 minute 10K. However, I also know that I may be closer to 44 minutes depending on how I feel on race morning and what kind of warm-up I can muster before the race. At the very least I should be able to break my PR of 46.01. I am hoping to have enough energy to write at least one more blog before the race. For now, I must cut it short and try to get my rest. I need it! Speed workout below.

Split Split	Hour:Minute:SecondTime	Miles Distance	Minutes per Mile Avg Pace
Summary	00:41:55	5.49	07:37
1	00:08:26	1.00	08:25
2	00:03:05	0.50	06:10
3	00:02:11	0.26	08:33
4	00:03:06	0.51	06:08
5	00:02:15	0.25	08:52
6	00:01:29	0.25	05:55
7	00:02:13	0.26	08:41
8	00:01:30	0.26	05:53
9	00:02:17	0.26	08:57
10	00:01:33	0.25	06:13
11	00:02:14	0.25	08:47
12	00:01:30	0.25	05:56
13	00:02:09	0.25	08:38
14	00:01:34	0.25	06:11
15	00:06:14	0.69	09:06