Pheidippides’s BodyBlog

I skipped my group running workout yesterday and instead ran intervals on my own.  I’m glad I did, because the group’s workout schedule was to do 3 x 2 mile intervals, and I knw that if I rna that far that many times I wouldn’t be able to maintain the speed I’m working on. So, instead, on my own I ran 8 miles with intervals of .5, 1, .5, 1, and .5 miles. I hgave myself ample rest between each.

For the first 4 I was trying for a fast pace, at or faster than 5K pace.  I pretty much succeeded.  Times were

.5 — 3:04  (6:08 pace)

1 –  6:23

.5 — 3:15 (6:30 pace)

1 — 6:18

Pace range was 6:08 to 6:30, making that probably my fastest interval set yet.   3 mile total was not as high as some other interval workouts I’ve run, so that would partly account for the faster times.  Still, pretty good.

The last interval of .5 miles I was merely trying to run a bit faster than marathon goal pace.  I ended up running it in 3:35, whic is 7:10 pace.  Since marathon goal pace is 7:30 that was good.  It felt more than brisk but still well under control.

The weather here continues to be amazing.  It was in the 70s when I started running yesterday at about 5:45.  Today it’s supposed to get up to 85.  The warm temperatures make it very easy to want to get outside a lot.

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