Last real workout before Boston. 3 X 1 mile at 5K pace with 1/2 mile jog in between. Couldn't find my Garmin so I decided to head to the LPT and use the mile markers there and time myself with the stop watch on my phone. Probably good to do this without constantly checking on my pace. Considering how I have been feeling lately I chose a realistic pace of 6:15/mile. The warm up felt a little clunky but once I transitioned to 5k pace the form felt a lot better. First mile was a good effort. Didn't kill myself and expected the split to be slow. Came in at 6:00. A bit of a surprise. Let's see if I can keep it up. Second was more work (as it should be). Expected it to be a little slower based on how I felt but ended up finishing in 5:53. Only one more mile to go then all of my remaining runs are at whatever pace I want them to be. First 1/2 mile was 2:55 then I started to fade a little. Focused on leg turnover to get through the last 1/2 mile and finished at 6:00. Very happy with how this run turned out. I definitely needed this. Hopefully this is the runner that shows up in Boston and not the one that struggled with 7:15/mile at Riverton. | 