For various reasons I ended up postponed my W8D7 run a day, running it on Monday instead of Sunday. But I did run it, and I’m pretty happy with my results.
I ran 6.21 miles (10K) in 1:10:14 (11:18/mi pace) with an average speed of 5.3 mph and a max of 8.5 mph. My 1-mile splits were 10:46, 11:09, 11:34, 11:56, 12:03, 10:56, and then finished the last 0.21 mi at an 8:18/mi pace. Burned around 945 calories.
So that concludes the Hal Higdon 10K Training Plan for me!
I started the program back in July, and at the time I wasn’t really sure if I could even finish it or not. But, much like the C25K program, by the time the final week of the training program arrives there’s really no question if I can do it or not. That’s cool, because it means the training plan works, but it also makes for extremely anticlimactic final runs. Perhaps that’s a good thing?
Now it’s time to start the next training plan…
I actually hate that it’s so anti-climactic. I’d almost like to go out and just see how far I can run. Just keep running until I fall over dead.