But this is what you need to prepare for the Gate River Run. Today being Monday, it's your usual stretching and strengthening day coupled with a 3-mile run. Go too much farther in a tempo run, and you lose some of the speed benefits of the workout. Even after this training program is completed, you may want to keep this 45-minute tempo run in your training repertoire. Along with the interval training programmed for Wednesdays, tempo runs do the most for maximizing potential.
Tough training comes with the territory.
Most important is to get out and cover the distance at a comfortable pace. Not easy always to find time, but it's essential to stick with the program. You're almost there. For those in Jacksonville running with the Chart House gang, it's three laps around the double-bridge loop. That will make running the bridges in the race itself a snap.