A Good Run and a Bad Run

On Sunday, after a week of not being consistent, I got back on track and went for my tempo run.
It was a 30min run, and I was averagely happy with my distance.

I can see that running half an hour is a little bit easier, and not as tiring. But I'm still not happy with my pace.

I know it's only been 3-4 weeks, but I am as usual very impatient!

I do need to work on pacing, and I know it's on the programme to discuss with Rachael next time we have our chat.

Today, it was the speed & interval session.
I went out for the 1/2mile warmup job. 
Then did my 5x 100m sprints, which I thought were very good.
Did the drills to ingrain some of the POSE running technique into my running.

And then it was time for 4x 800m with 2 minutes rest time.
That was a big fail....

I know it's all in the head, but just the thought of that distance made me think I couldn't do it.
I left the house doubting myself.
And the thing is, that I know I can run 4x 800m, but only slowly. And since this is supposed to be a speed session, I just can't make myself do this session, knowing that I will be soooooooo slow.

I started my first interval, and at the speed I was going, there was no way I could have run 800m. At least not in my head.
So I made it a 4x 400m session.
Disappointed I couldn't follow the programme.
But there is a slight good news to it. I was faster than the same session I did 2 weeks ago by over 1 minute!!!!

Not sure Rach will be happy with me. But that's the best I can do right now, until I feel more comfortable with all this running thing.

Definitely in the head, but need to work on it.