Rained all day Monday, took the day off. Tuesday was a warm up run, still good effort though but just 6.4 miles. Held just a tad slower than my 1/2 marathon pace for the middle 3 miles. Was planning on a speed workout the next day so this was a warm up run.
Today was Rock 'n Roll! I have done a few speed workout the last month or two but not much faster than my 1/2 marathon pace. Probably fine for the 1/2 coming up but also want to get some training in for the 10k that is two weeks later. I haven't run near my 10k pace since last year I think, so I at least got to experience that once or twice before the big day! So today nature and scenery took the back seat, put headphones in, some metal and rock and roll playing, and actually set a target pace as close to 6:30 min/mile that I could. 8.5 miles total, and after warmup I did 1 mile repeats (x4) with a ~.25mi walk in between. 6:24, 6:12, 6:28, 6:28. Felt great to really engage the strength of the legs for a change, and felt that down deep exhaustion I only feel after a race or really hard effort, and that feeling I must eat all food that I can find in my pantry! So I think that is about my target 10k pace, but I don't know how I am going to put those 4 miles together without the 3 walk breaks in between, and also add 2 more on the end!