Reminder during these times of Social Distancing and uncertainty where we don't know when our next official race will be, this is a perfect opportunity to build our mileage base and have workouts that are focused on increasing our thresholds but staying away from "red lining" in our workouts....this phase will not stress our immune systems much and we will get stronger and be ready for harder efforts when the time comes. You will know if your pace crosses over into a red zone (Too Hard an effort) when you feel your Blood lactate rise over the course of your workout (i.e. you start straining and feel your legs, arms getting tighter)...best way to nail this effort is to start easier than you think you should be running...~half marathon race pace or even slower and move from there then creeping into a harder effort when you get to what feels like that "therapeutic" level of effort. You want to feel confident, strong and refreshed after you finish.....not completely spent.
Check out the great Article in this weeks Montecito Journal of SBRR's Lynn Fitzgibbons....Thank you Lynn!
Tomorrow's workout:
warmup, 3-4miles, strides x 6, Mile@Threshold effort, 2min jog, 6-8x1min@90%effort with 1min easy between, 2min jog, then one mile@Threshold effort, cool down remaining miles
Have a great workout and see you all soon!
Rusty/Mike
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