Speedwork Must Help

The ice has put me on the treadmill more than I would normally prefer lately and I have been playing"treadmill games" that are essentially a variety of approaches to intervals and speedwork. I wasn't sure if they were really getting me any faster (and I still don't know for sure) but if today is any indication the speedwork might just be helping.

Today I ran at the indoor track at the Monon Community Center since I fell on the ice outside yesterday but didn't feel like 5 miles on the treadmill. I wasn't really super excited to run but since I need to take a rest day tomorrow from a schedule perspective I decided I HAD to run. So I started slow and speed walked the first half mile and then I started running. When I got to 3 miles I was noticing that I was actually at 5K pace even though I had walked the first half. Overall I finished 40 seconds faster (over 5 miles) than my tempo run pace of 12:00. Considering I wasn't running the first .5 mile I must have rocked much of the rest of it. Feels good. really good. Maybe speedwork does help.

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