5k Training- Week 3

I did a killer workout tonight. I felt pretty rested so I decided to push it a little for my sprint day. I ran down to Valley High School so that was 3.18k. Pretty good warm up with some good hills to get the legs burning. Once down to the track at Valley I did 5x100m to get the legs switched from slow twitch to fast switch. Then is was 2×800, 2×400, and finally 2×200. I was really pushing it and the 3.18k run down to the track really had an impact on my sprint speed but I guess that was the point.

When I finished the first 400 I was just beat. I was about to quit and start running back home. But I stuck it out and finished the workout. I was sweating like crazy so I was glad they had water down there. Several times I started to feel sick while sprinting and then on the way home. But the run home was kind of strange. I was really tired but just kept going. My lungs never got tired despite my legs being just dead.

I plan to take tomorrow off and let the legs heal a little. I wore my knee brace tonight and the knee did not bother me. After I got back home and took the brace off I felt it a little but nothing major. I think my knee issue might be related to that same leg being much tighter that my other leg. So tomorrow I am just going to stretch and maybe some core work. It is about time I start dedicating some time to general core work. I have been running almost exclusively.

Here is what the rest of the week is going to look like.

Tuesday: Off
Wednesday: 3-5k easy
Thursday: 5-8k easy
Friday: Off
Saturday: 3-5k fast
Sunday: Off