Workout Wednesday!

Good Morning!! 

I did a five mile run this morning and other than wanting to quit at mile 1, it was nothing special.  I feel like since the marathon I've gotten slower... which bothers me :(  I know it's not a big deal, because I'm still out there running and it doesn't matter the pace, but before I started marathon training I was consistently running anywhere between 8:40-8:50 pace ALL THE TIME.  Now I'm lucky if I stay under a 9:40 pace.  Uuuuugh!

So, I've decided I need some speed work.  My hubby was a track star in high school so he knows all about what to do, but I still like to look up speed work on pinterest (because I'm addicted.)  Here is an article that I found that will be helpful.  I have to have it laid out for me, when it says 400X4 and 500 at easy, and all that, I don't understand.  Now if I take hubby out there with me, he explains it all and it's fine, but we can't always go together, so this was a good article that even I can understand :)

I run some pretty big hills almost every day, so I liked this!  And it's so true!

When I did my first half, I barely trained for it- meaning: I signed up for it Monday and did it the following Saturday.  But running hills is hard, it helps with your speed and your endurance.  When I was running on flat ground, I kept thinking "Man, this isn't that hard."

So, needless to say, I'm going to start doing some speed work.  Have you heard of any good speed work outs?