And another great speed run!

After last weeks speed work I was POSITIVE there was no way I would beat it again, but beat it I did!

This week was the same route – with the aim to try to make it past the 6 benches at the beach that we made it to last time. We also had the goal of making the return trip faster than that trip out (something that I frequently struggle with). The conditions for a run couldn’t have been better – brilliant blue sky, nice cool temperature, no wind and a path along the beach. So we lined up at the ’starting line’ and after one false start (the watch timer didn’t start!) we were off. Right from the start I was pushing it hard and by the time we reached the halfway point I couldn’t talk I was breathing so hard (something that usually doesn’t set in until the return trip!) BUT we were one bench farther than the week before – whoohooo. That said, at that point I was CERTAIN there was no way I was going to beat the time on the way back. I was already feeling the run out. But we turned around and kept pushing on the way back and in the end finished 22 seconds faster then the week before AND a total of 27 seconds faster then the trip out. WHOOHOO.

Talk about setting the bar high! I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up – or if I in fact can. Will be interesting to see how speed work goes this Friday. Yikes! For now I’ll bask in the glory of another great speed work day.