This week marks what I am calling the beginning of the trip down the mountain in marathon training. That means tomorrow is officially the start of what should be speed work.
I’ve never been much for picking a goal time and trying to get to it–I just like to say I finished. Because of this interval training has been reserved for fat burning, treadmill routines.
I’ve been getting slower over the last few years. I don’t know if it is because I haven’t trained appropriately for my last few halfs or I didn’t rest enough. Regardless now that speed work is here I am considering actually doing it.
The plan calls for 6 miles with 4 x 800 at MP. I am going to be honest here and tell you that I have NO idea how to do that. Do I go to the track? Do I just use my new handy dandy watch to time it out? 
Fi! Thank you for the recommendation on both the bras and app. I will have to check out the app for speed work this week, since I know you are WAY faster than me I will heed your sage advice.
I’m typing this as I sweat from my speed work this morning! I do speed work almost every week and I’ve never been to a track. I have a watch, which you can use the “lap” function on, but I prefer an app called iSmoothRun which allows you to set up workouts (intervals, tempos etc) and gives you voiceover cues on the start, end, and whether you are running too fast (or slow!), and some nice metrics at the end.
PS – sports bras I swear by are the Lululemon Energy Bra and Moving Comfort Juno. Athleta also lets you wear and return but I’ve never tried them.