Training Log: 17.2

Tuesday, 2/19: 5 miles in 38:35, 7:43/mi FIRST week 5 (14) tempo
1/2 mile warmup, 1/2 mile cooldown brisk walking pace

Tempo runs are pretty simple to understand. To run PMP on race day, you have to train faster. Today was PMP - 22 seconds/mi. I chose to go a little easier (could have gone 30 or more seconds under PMP) due to Sunday's hard effort. So today should have been pretty smooth and easy. It was. Hurray, it's working!

Training Log: 16.2

Tuesday, 2/12: 6 miles in 48:54, FIRST week 4 tempo
1 mile warmup 9:05/mi, 4 mi @ 7:41/mi (10k pace + 33), 1 mile cooldown 9:05/mi

Same pattern as last week's pacing run, but with mid-range tempo pace for the WI. Average pace today was 8:09, right in my PMP window.