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It's hard for me to go slow- how important is it?
I just finished 10k training and ran my first race. It went great, and I just started half training. My 10k training plan only had plans for how long (time) to run, and not pace. My new training plan uses pace, so I'm just learning about how to follow it.
Today's run was an "easy run" that was supposed to be 3k at 6:50 per k (about 11 min per mile). My GPS that tells me my pace is broken so I just went out there keeping in mind it was supposed to be "easy." Well, I was almost done my mapped out 3k route and it was only like 14 mins in (was supposed to take about 20). Clearly I was going too fast, but I did not feel like I was even getting a workout, so I went an extra k.
I guess my question is, how important is it that the easy run stays easy? When I workout, I do it to feel sweaty and awesome after, and if I'm going super slow for only 20 mins, I feel like it was a waste of time. Today's easy run is surrounded by days off.
Advice? TIA
Re: It's hard for me to go slow- how important is it?
I was told to slow down because it would lead to injury once I started getting into my higher mileage. I made myself slow down. Maybe it would and maybe it wouldn't but I wasn't going to test it. Then I hit the higher mileage and I really slowed down.
I can run really fast still on short runs because those are short. You don't want to hit the higher mileage and start off fast and slow down by the end because you can't run the higher mileage at the starting pace. I simply learned to run slower even for my shorter recovery runs.
I will assume your program is slowly building you up to running longer distances safely. The first few weeks of mine were boring as well (only 2 and 3 mile runs) but it worked. However, it could be you just don't have the right training program for you.