Meagan's On Point

Time: 96:31
Distance: ~12.50 miles

W/u: 20:01 for 2.25 miles
Workout: 6 x 5 mins uptempo w/ 2 mins recovery. Short rest then 20 minutes at Meagan's marathon pace
C/d: 13:02 for 1.8 miles

I took a break mid-day to head over to McAlpine to run a workout with Meagan, Caitlin and their new friend Heidi who is visiting from New York. When Meagan asked if she could jump in the workout designed by Caitlin's coach Mark Hadley, I agreed she could but with a section tagged to the end.

Splits (not completely accurate but based off Caitlin's:
1: 5 mins @ 5:40 pace
2: 5 mins @ 5:37 pace
3: 5 mins @5:40 pace
4: 5 mins @ 5:36 pace
5: 5 mins @5:34 pace
6: 5 mins @ 5:32 pace

(3:22 rest)

20 minutes at marathon pace: 6:04, 6:02, 5:54, 2:04

My hope was for Meagan to have some aggressive running during the first part of the workout that was reminiscent to one we did prior to her 10k at Stanford. Back in March, she ran 6 x mile averaging about 5:35 and two weeks later she ran 34:37. Today she ran within an arms length of those splits and added on 20 minutes with a sub-6:00 pace average. She looked strong, fast and relaxed throughout which is where she needs to be with the Houston Marathon less than a month away.

My achilles felt about 80% today. I was a little nervous to test it out by running so fast, but I could sit back and watch the three girls work their butts off and not help out. It was probably a little too much too soon, but I never felt like I was doing damage to the tendon.