It was cold and rainy this morning. I want to start doing a little speed work each week so I ran up to the Viewmont High track (3.4 miles). I'm easing into the speed work so I only did 6X400 with 200 jog in between each. Wanted to keep each below 80 seconds. Splits were: 75, 78, 79, 78, 79, 80. Rested for a minute then ran 200 in 35 just to get to the other side of the track. The last 400 started to hurt and I'm not sure how many more I could have done. The rain really started coming down halfway through the workout which squashed any desire to put in extra repeats. Cooled down with the run back home. Even though it was starting to hurt, I think that it would have really helped to put in a few extra repeats. I need to work on the mental aspect more than anything else. Total Time 1:10:30 (7:45/mile) Avg HR: 146 | 