Mile pace day at the WWU track. Warmed up 3 miles, did some drills and a couple strides and I was ready to go. I saw Chris Derrick doing his 400s in lane 3 last week, and I have no idea why it never dawned on me to do that. Wider turns means less stress on my groin. So I did them in lane 3 and it was so much better.
Last week I averaged 67.5 and was planning to do my first 4 at that pace and see if I could crank it down from there. But I started in 66.3 and felt great. So I continued and I averaged 66.5 on the first 6 and still felt peppy. I upped the pace on the last 2 for 65.1 and 65.2 and finished feeling like I had more in the tank. Finally. My speed is coming around.
Ran straight home for an easy 1.5 mile cooldown.
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