Ran a TT6 today at the Reservoir. Tried to psyche myself up on my way out. Told myself that I'm fast and that I can do it. Ran an easy warm up and made it easily onto the track before my 6 minutes started. I was concerned about going too easy and ending up with crappy numbers. Unfortunately, I may have gone too hard and ended up with crappy numbers. Started out under 7:00 and ended up around 8:15. Wondering if my average would have been better if I had started at a slower pace. Maybe not. I definitely felt like I wanted to stop by half way and was huffing and puffing by minute 4. Five minutes in, it was all willpower and I tried to keep my cadence steady because that's all I could think about. It hurt.
I guess I thought 7:40 was good. Then I checked last year's numbers and I ran 7:10 before. I am trying to tell myself that it's because I was in the middle of my training. I know 7:40 is good-ish for beginning of the season. Just feeling loser-y. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel less so.
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