I ran a little workout this morning. I headed out the door at about 5:35 and warmed up four miles to the U, Ft. Douglas, and This is the Place. At TiTP, I started the workout, 7 x 3 minutes at CV pace. For me, that pace should be around 5:30-5:35 per interval. I ran 2 minutes easy between intervals.
The first one--starting at the bottom of TiTP was uphill into a major headwind blowing out of Emigration Canyon; 6:21 pace and it felt hard. Second had some downhill by the golfcourse, heading onto Wasatch, 5:21 pace . Third was flattish with a little rise on Wasatch, 5:36 pace. Fourth was still on Wasatch, heading toward Foothill Boulevard, 5:25 pace. Fifth one, past Christine Brimley's water fountain on Foothill, heading toward the footbridges, very slight uphill with a headwind, 5:38. Sixth one, heading back north from the footbridge, slight downhill, 5:17. Seventh one, back up on to Wasatch Boulevard, 5:17 again. Then a five and a half mile cooldown back to the house. I felt pretty good about the workout overall, even though it seemed to go by very quickly. I wore a new pair of Asics flats (the Hyperspeed) that I am considering racing in at SGM. Overall, they felt light and quick but I wonder about wearing them over 26 miles. I'm fine wearing flats on the half M, but haven't worn them on the marathon. I have always worn the Asics DS Trainer instead. I think I will use these new shoes a couple of more times in workouts to get more information from my body and then I can make up my mind. PM: I ran home from work, 2.6 mile version.
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