AM - Easy 4 miles this morning. PM - Took a break from studying to swing by the indoor track for a workout. I did 2x2miles with 5:00 rest between. I planned to run them in 5:15 pace, but I felt a little sluggish on the first one. Mile splits of 5:18 and 5:21 after running the first laps at 5:10 pace. I took a quick bathroom break between the reps and that seemed to do the trick. I was planning anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes' rest depending on how I felt, and 3 minutes probably would have been adequate. 10:39 total time.
Anyway, the second rep felt great... I got a few laps into it expecting to start hurting, but I felt stronger the further I went. The laps fluctuated between 1:03 (5:15 pace) and 1:05 (5:25 pace) because I'm terrible at pacing myself. They say to do tempo work at a comfortably hard pace, and I think I tend to fall under the "comfortable" side a bit too much. The point of this workout was to push me out of that 5:25 - 5:30 pace comfort zone I get so used to. 5:15 pace was easily sustainable, I'm not sure why I kept slipping back.
A final lap in :59 closed this one out at 10:34 (5:20, 5:14 mile splits), and I felt good, better than expected. I'm pleased with the workout, the next one of these I'll have to cut the rest down, but I liked this workout. Average pace: 5:18.25
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