6:30 am - No classes this morning, so I had a little more time for the workout. Ran 4 x 5:00 with 4:30 rests from my place with the hope of simulating 5:00 mile repeats. I was running out of the Hobblecreek canyon, so I was shooting for slightly under 5:00 pace, since it's downhill. I have some error in measuring on gmap, since my start and end points aren't exact, but it looks like I fell a little short with total distance at 3.9 miles, making average pace somewhere around 5:07-5:10. The first two reps were at or just under 5:00 pace, but the last two are where I faltered, according to gmap. Which is surprising to me, the last two felt the fastest.
In any case, it was a good workout. I look forward to starting more speed stuff -- today just whet my appetite.
PM - Added 4 miles easy miles after work. Total time 30:04.
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