Track: Hot, Humid, Windy Me: Stupid Well, I figured I would go to the track and do a 5 minute pain test ... then try to hang on for another 20 to 30 seconds to establish a mile PR, which I have never done before. Not that I figured I would get my best time after 3 consecutive double digit mileage days, but thought it would be a good benchmark to gauge if a 5:00 mile is a reasonable goal. Anyway, I failed the test. I figure I should be able to run a 5:20 mile, so I set out to do 16 100m consecutive splits of 20 secdonds ... of course I started out fast and ran the first 100 in 17 seconds. By the time I had 800 meters in, I reasoned that was good enough for today, and bagged my plan for a mile PR ... but did do a little more track work. 800 meters: 2:38 (79/79) at least I was on pace for my 5:20 mile! :) 400 meter recovery 400 meter: 78 seconds 400 meter recovery Mile 5:49 (88/89/90/82) Never looked at watch, just hit lap button every 400 meters ... this was not intended as a mile PR, just fast running at a pace I felt I could sustain for the whole mile ... I did push hard the last 200 meters. Mile cool down at 8:20 Overall I was pleased to get some faster running in on high mileage. On a side note, just to confirm the inaccuracy of Garmin on a track, my mile time (1600 meters) showed 1.07 miles and a 5:27 pace ... which is why I never look at avg. pace while running on a track! Perhaps over Thanksgiving Alex and I will head to a track and establish a mile PR ... although I doubt I will rest up for it, building an aerobic base is higher priority for me right now. Having Alex on the track with me will definitely make it easier to keep pushing past the 800 meter mark! PM - Went out for a nice jog in light rain - medium effort - 4.2 @ 7:43
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